Calvatia

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Calvatia
Calvatia excipuliformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Lycoperdales Family: Lycoperdaceae Genus: Calvatia Fr.
Species
Calvatia booniana    Calvatia bovista    Calvatia caelata    Calvatia craniiformis    Calvatia cyathiformis    Calvatia excipuliformis    Calvatia fumosa    Calvatia gigantea    Calvatia sculpta    Calvatia subcretacea    Calvatia utriformis

Calvatia is a genus of puffball mushrooms within the order Lycoperdales. The genus includes the spectacular giant puffball C. gigantea. Species in the Calvatia genus are edible when young, but it should be kept in mind that some of the species are undesirable to eat, for example Calvatia fumosa which has a very pungent odor.

Modern classifications place this genus, along with the rest of the family Lycoperdaceae, into the order Agaricales.

[edit] External links

• Puffballs and their allies in Michigan by Alexander H. Smith, 1951. (Full text of monograph.)