Calvatia
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| Calvatia | |
|---|---|
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| Calvatia excipuliformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Calvatia Fr. (1849) |
| Type species | |
| Calvatia craniiformis (Schwein.) Fr. (1849) | |
Calvatia is a genus of puffball mushrooms that includes the spectacular giant puffball C. gigantea. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split; the puffballs, Calvatia spp. are now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.
Most species in the genus Calvatia are edible when young, though some are best avoided, such as Calvatia fumosa, which has a very pungent odor.
The name Calvatia derives from the Latin calvus meaning "bald" and calvaria, meaning "dome of the skull".
Species
- Calvatia arctica
- Calvatia bicolor
- Calvatia booniana
- Calvatia bovista
- Calvatia caelata
- Calvatia craniiformis
- Calvatia cyathiformis
- Calvatia excipuliformis
- Calvatia fumosa
- Calvatia fragilis
- Calvatia gigantea
- Calvatia guzmanii[1]
- Calvatia pygmaea
- Calvatia sculpta
- Calvatia utriformis
See also
References
- ↑ Alves CR, Cortez VG. (2013). "Calvatia guzmanii sp. nov. (Agaricaceae, Basidiomycota) from Paraná State, Brazil". Phytotaxa 85 (2): 35–40. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.85.2.1.
External links
- Calvatia in Index Fungorum.
- Puffballs and their allies in Michigan by Alexander H. Smith, 1951. (Full text of monograph.)
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