Bovista
A puffball at Greenway, ACT
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| Bovista | Heino | 28 Mar 2017 | |
| Bovista | Heino | 28 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 24 Mar 2017 |
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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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.060963-35.413620
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 23 Mar 2017 12:39 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Fungi Simple spore sac, with an apical hole [puffballs] Puffballs & the like MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bovista
Species information
- Bovista Scientific name
- A puffball Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 903.97m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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4 / 7
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