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Bovista Pers. 1794

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Bovista Pers., Neu. Mag. Bot. 1 86 (1794)
Bovista Pers. 1794

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New Zealand
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Pers.
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1794: Dispositio methodica fungorum. Neues Magazin für die Botanik 1: 81-128.
1794
86
Pers.
Persoon, C.H. 1801: Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Henricus Dieterich.
136
ICN
Bovista Pers. 1794
genus
Bovista

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Lycoperdaceae
Bovista

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

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.

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Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Anon.
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Lycoperdaceae Chevall. 1826
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers.
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. 1794
Knudsen, J.; Vesterholt, J. (2012)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Persoon, C.H. (1794)
Bovista Pers. 1794
Bovista Pers. (1794)
Persoon, C.H. (1801)

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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Auckland
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Dunedin
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Gisborne
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Mackenzie
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Nelson
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
North Canterbury
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Northland
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Southland
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Taupo
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Wairarapa
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Wanganui
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Bovista Pers. 1794
New Zealand
Wellington
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Bovista Pers. 1794
United States
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scientific name
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1 January 2001
27 May 2025
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