Calvatia


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Noun1.Calvatia - genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the sporesCalvatia - genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores
genus Calvatia
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae - a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
Calvatia gigantea, giant puffball - huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
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comatus, Cantharellus cibarius and Calvatia gigantean [18, 40].
Nutrient composition and functional activity of different stages in the fruiting body development of Philippine paddy straw mushroom, volvariella volvacea (Bull.:Fr.) sing
24), Amanita rubescens, Ganoderma lobatum, Gymnopus polyphyllus, Lentinula boryana, Omphalotus mexicanus, Phylloporus rhodoxanthus y Stropharia semiglobata; 15 en pastizales, entre las que destacan Agaricus campestris, Calvatia cyathiformis, Chlorophyllum molybdites, Lycoperdon marginatum, Panaeolus antillarum y Psilocybe cubensis.
Inventario micobiotico de la region de Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico
Notes on Calvatia (Lycoperdaceae), II: Calvatia cretacea (Berk.
An interdisciplinary approach to documenting knowledge: plants and their uses in Southern Greenland
The mushroom is a calvatia gigantea or giant puffball.
'Alien' mushroom is just out of this world; Giant fungi heading for the cooking pot
Somewhere nestling in the grey landscape is Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads Roman Fort where National Trust ranger James Howard has been safeguarding a calvatia gigantea, or giant puffball.
Finding a fungi feast; FORAGING
Experts say that the puffball, officially known as calvatia gigantea, produces the largest fruitbody of any fungus.
They don't get mush bigger than this.. NATHAN FINDS GIANT FUNGUS
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Macromicetos observados en bosques del departamento de Caldas: su influencia en el equilibrio y la conservacion de la biodiversidad
IN 1973, Bellingham newsagent Frank Mattinson found a calvatia maxima - otherwise known as a giant puffball.
Giant puggball find causes a stir
Antiproliferative and antimitogenic activities in a peptide from puffball mushroom Calvatia caelata.
Nebrodeolysin, a novel hemolytic protein from mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis with apoptosis-inducing and anti-HIV-1 effects
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Jorge Eduardo Wright (1922-2005)

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