Calvatia sp.

a puffball at Yaouk, NSW

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Identification history

	Calvatia sp.	20 Nov 2023	Heino1
	Unidentified	18 Nov 2023	JARS

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2 comments

Heino1 wrote:

20 Nov 2023

I assume that this was more-or-less spherical and somewhat soft to the touch, rather than a cap atop a stem, in which case (given the appearance and colouring) this would be a species of Calvatia.

JARS wrote:

21 Nov 2023

It may well have been like that before we found it

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Location information

Places Yaouk, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Fungi Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores Puffballs & the like JARS Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Calvatia sp. Scientific name
a puffball Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1185m Recorded at altitude
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