Bovista

A puffball at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

	Bovista	16 Jul 2020	Heino1
	Unverified	16 Jul 2020	Mike

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User's notes

No sign of star. Brown spores from hole when touched.

2 comments

Mike wrote:

16 Jul 2020

Thanks Heino. I will have to sharpen my observation powers; I assumed it was a puffed out puffball. Earthfan is shown in https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4265730.

Heino1 wrote:

17 Jul 2020

You probably have a small specimen of Thelephora terrestris between the puffballs. It's the low dark brown, white-edged thing with the wrinkled surface. You can see a couple of sightnigs here: https://admin-canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/15639.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.117538 -35.372182
Altitude 727.1m
Maps Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
Places Isaacs, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
16 Jul 2020 04:54 AM Recorded on
Mike Recorded by
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Fungi Puffballs & the like Simple spore sac, with an apical hole [puffballs] Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Bovista Scientific name
A puffball Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 903.97m Recorded at altitude
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