Bovista

A puffball at Greenway, ACT

Bovista at Greenway, ACT - 23 Mar 2017
Bovista at Greenway, ACT - 23 Mar 2017
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Identification history

Bovista 28 Mar 2017 Heino
Bovista 28 Mar 2017 Heino
Unidentified 24 Mar 2017 MatthewFrawley

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Heino wrote:
   28 Mar 2017
I give Bovista as a highly plausible genus for this sighting, but not guaranteed to be correct. These are still immature. One or more species of Bovista are common small puffballs in our area. They are likely to appear at many times of the year, during warm days after rain. At times (especially in summer, when days can get quite dry and hot after a spot of rain) you may see many of these, still immature, split in the heat and so fail to get to the sporing stage.

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 23 Mar 2017 12:39 PM Recorded on
  • MatthewFrawley Recorded by

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  • True In flower

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  • Bovista Scientific name
  • A puffball Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 903.97m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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