Giant Puffball

Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd

A species in the family Lycoperdaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lycoperdaceae
Genus: Calvatia

What it is called

English: Giant Puffball
Welsh: Coden Fwg Enfawr

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Bovista gigantea (Batsch) Gray
Bovistaria gigantea (Batsch) P.Karst.
Globaria gigantea (Batsch) Quél.
Langermannia gigantea (Batsch) Rostk.
Langermannia gigantia
Lasiosphaera gigantea (Batsch) F.Šmarda
Lycoperdon giganteum Batsch

Others in Calvatia

Calvatia agaricoides Calvatia ahmadii Calvatia aniodina Calvatia arctica Calvatia argentea Calvatia baixaverdensis Calvatia bellii Calvatia bicolor Calvatia boninensis Calvatia booniana Calvatia borealis Calvatia brasiliensis

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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