Go to Landcare Research home page
 
Home About Mushrooms Simple key Genus (A-Z) Help

« Back

Bovista

Notes

Fruiting bodies globose in shape, no sterile base, usually white, flesh white when young, powdery and brown when mature, opening through a well-defined pore. On soil, often in grassy places.
Four species reported for New Zealand but poorly understood taxonomically. Only those species listed below treated in the Virtual Mycota.

Name (click to select)Image (click to enlarge)
 Bovista aestivalis  
 Bovista plumbea  
 Bovista verrucosa