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| synonyms: Hasenbovist, Vesse-de-loup ciselée |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: White to cream |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows on the ground |
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Calvatia utriformis (Bull. ex Pers.) Jaap syn. Handkea utriformis (Bull.) Pers. syn. Calvatia caelata (Bull. ex Pers.) Morgan syn. Lycoperdon caelatum Bull. ex Pers. Hasenbovist Vesse-de-loup ciselée. Fruit body 6–12cm across, squat and pear-shaped when mature tapering towards the base, white to pale grey-brown finally darker brown, outer wall consisting of scurfy warts and soon breaking up into hexagonal patches leaving the fragile inner wall to flake off irregularly at the top. Gleba olivaceous-brown and powdery; sterile base thick, up to one-half of the fruit-body. Spores olive-brown, globose, warted, 4–5µ in diameter. Habitat in pastures or on heaths, usually on sandy soil. Season summer to late autumn but the old cup-shaped sterile bases often persisting from one season to the next. Uncommon – more frequent in the northern Europe. Edible when young. |
Mushroom Recipes |
| Crunchy Puff-ball |
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 26 August 2024
06/07/2009 Beskidy Poland
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Rahim Yalcintas (Turkey) - 27 May 2024
Calvatia utriformis found in Kirklareli / Turkey
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Rahim Yalcintas (Turkey) - 27 May 2024
This is a big Calvatia utriformis found in Kirklareli (in Thrace region and Europen part of Turkey).
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Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 03 May 2024
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James Moran (United Kingdom) - 04 August 2024
A young example found on the south coast of Dorset in a field by the sea.
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James Moran (United Kingdom) - 04 August 2024
I found several of these on the south coast of Dorset in a field near the sea. At first I didn't know what they were but I've now identified them from finding a young one. Here's how I described them initially.
Found in a field
6 inches high
4 inches diameter
Puffs out brown spores upon squeezing
Feels and looks like a very light chocolate microwave sponge cake
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