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Calvatia

Notes

Puffballs, including the huge C. gigantea, up to the size of a football. The inside of the fruiting body is firm and white before the dry, brown spores are produced. Typically with a sterile, stalk-like base, opening by irregular plitting of the wall. Lycoperdon and Morganella, also with stalk-like bases, open through a more regular pore. Includes both exotic species in farms and cities, as well as indigenous species in the bush.
Four species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Calvatia candida var. fusca  
 Calvatia craniiformis  
 Calvatia gigantea  
 Calvatia utriformis