Calvatia cyathiformis
Acton, ACT
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| Calvatia cyathiformis | Heino1 | 21 Feb 2019 |
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Herbarium collection HL6310 at CANB
2 comments
22 Feb 2019
This specimen was waterlogged and this gave the inside of the fruit body a glistening, blackish-purple colouration, which shows through the cracks in the skin. In the lower left of Photo 2 I show part of the fruit body after it had been dried. You now see a purplish-brown internal colour. At the upper right you see some spores. At the lower right I show the two illustrations that accompanied the first published report of this species (as Lycoperdon cyathiforme) by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1811. He showed only sterile bases, which may remain long after the spores have all gone. He said that the figure on the left shows such a specimen whole and the other shows one cut vertically. I assume that the slight blotchiness represents the holey, sponge-like interior of that sterile base. I have copied the drawings from the historical journals provided online by the Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen.
22 Feb 2019
Heino, thank for all the information you've been putting up re the Calvatias. In particular C. cyathiformis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.110414-35.275406
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Feb 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
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Collections
- Heino1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Calvatia cyathiformis Fruitbody walls break away to expose the spores Puffballs & the like Fungi
Species information
- Calvatia cyathiformis Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 916.77m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Calvatia cyathiformis
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