Fungi
Puffballs & the like
Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores
Sighting 34411

Calvatia sp.

a puffball at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
Calvatia sp. at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 5 Mar 2015 07:22 PM
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Identification history

Calvatia sp. 6 Mar 2015 MichaelBedingfield

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This specimen was about 12 cm across, had no gills, and was quite soft to the touch.

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Heino wrote:
   6 Mar 2015
A species of Calvatia. A couple of species, at least, are likely to turn up in grasslands or sparsely wooded areas (such as shown in your photos). Eventually the outer skin cracks, breaks and falls off in pieces to expose the powdery spores. At least one of the largish Calvatia species found around Canberra has a dull violet to brownish-purple spore mass. Most of the puffball-like fungi have spores some shade of brown, with no hint of violet or purple.

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  • 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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