Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan 1890

Details

Name scientific

Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 12 169 (1890)

Preferred name

Lycoperdon utriforme Bull. 1790

Taxonomy reference

Legon, N.W.; Henrici, A. 2005: Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota. Kew.

Nomenclature

Authors

(Bull.) Morgan

Original authors

Bull.

Combination authors

Morgan

Publication place

Morgan, A.P. 1890: North American fungi. Third paper. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 12(4): 163-172.

Year published

1890

Publication page

169

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lycoperdon caelatum Bull. 1789

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Calvatia caelata

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Lycoperdaceae

Genus

Calvatia

Species

caelata

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan 1890

Pathogenicity

These three cosmopolitan species of puffballs [Calvatia caelata, C. gigantea and C. lilacina] are recorded by Arnold and Brien (1961) as causing "fairy rings" on greens and fairways in golf courses in New Zealand; they are of minor importance for they are responsible for uneven growth. They are common in pastures throughout New Zealand.