Bovista Pers. 1794
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Bovista Pers., Neu. Mag. Bot. 1 86 (1794)
Bovista Pers. 1794
Nomenclature
Pers.
Pers.
1794
86
Pers.
136
ICN
Bovista Pers. 1794
genus
Bovista
Classification
Subordinates
- Bovista aestivalis
- Bovista amethystina
- Bovista anomala
- Bovista apedicellata
- Bovista apedicellata
- Bovista aspera
- Bovista bicolor
- Bovista bovistoides
- Bovista brunnea
- Bovista candida
- Bovista cervina
- Bovista coprophila
- Bovista craniiformis
- Bovista cunninghamii
- Bovista dealbata
- Bovista gunnii
- Bovista hyalothrix
- Bovista hypogaea
- Bovista lilacina
- Bovista nigrescens
- Bovista ovalispora
- Bovista pila
- Bovista plumbea
- Bovista polymorpha
- Bovista purpurea
- Bovista pusilla
- Bovista sp. 'Craigieburn (PDD 106707)'
- Bovista stuckertii
- Bovista verrucosa
Associations
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Descriptions
Bovista Pers. 1794
Small puffballs found on soil, lacking a sterile base, and the inner spore case (tumbler) often separates at maturity and becomes blown around by the wind.
There are 4 species reported from New Zealand.
Fruiting bodies globose in shape, no sterile base, usually white, flesh white when young, powdery and brown when mature, opening through a well-defined pore. On soil, often in grassy places.
Four species reported for New Zealand but poorly understood taxonomically. Only those species listed below treated in the Virtual Mycota.
Taxonomic concepts
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers.
Global name resources
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Metadata
1cb17fdf-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
10 February 2021
