(Bosc) Morgan. J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 12: 168 (1890)
Species of fungus
Mycological characteristics
Glebal hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is purple
to purple-brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible
or inedible
C. cyathiformis.
Calvatia cyathiformis, or purple-spored puffball, is a large edible saprobic species of Calvatia. This terrestrial puffball has purplish or purple-brown spores, which distinguish it from other large Agaricales. It is found in North America and Australia, mostly in prairie or grassland environments.
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