| Calvatia fumosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Lycoperdales |
| Family: | Lycoperdaceae |
| Genus: | Calvatia |
| Species: | C. fumosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Calvatia fumosa Zeller (1947) |
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| Calvatia fumosa | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| glebal hymenium | |
| no distinct cap | |
| spore print is brown | |
| ecology is mycorrhizal | |
| edibility: inedible | |
Calvatia fumosa is a species of puffball in the Lycoperdaceae family.
The fruiting body is anywhere from golf ball size to baseball size, round to oval, 3-8 centimeters broad, thick, at first smooth and white, soon becomes grayish to brownish. The spores are firm and white at first, then yellowish or olive, and then dark brown and powdery. The species has an unpleasant smell.[1] The species edibility is unknown.
The species is solitary, grouped, or in small clusters on soil in spruce-fir forests in the Rocky Mountains and westward in the summer and fall.[2]