Calvatia cyathiformis
Deakin, ACT
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| Calvatia cyathiformis | Heino1 | 23 Mar 2021 | |
| Calvatia sp. | Heino1 | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| Pisolithus marmoratus | tallpaulf | 10 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Stumbled across this monster while walking the dog. For scale, the shadow is of an iPhone 6.
Returned to the spot today (21 March), and found the remains of the bright purple interior.
2 comments
18 Mar 2021
When I saw the thumbnail I thought Pisolithus, with some of the internal structure showing. But once I opened the sighting it wads obviously a Calvatia. None of the skin has yet broken away to show the spore mass, though it is pretty close to doing so. A good candidate for this would be Calvatia cyathiformis - if the spores are purplish.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.095746-35.317292
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2021 11:25 AM Recorded on
- tallpaulf Recorded by
Collections
- tallpaulf Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Calvatia cyathiformis
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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