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Calvatia excipuliformis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Beutel-Stäubling, Lycoperdon en sac
Calvatia excipuliformis 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 7371
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Calvatia excipuliformis Mushroom
Ref No: 7372
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
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, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Calvatia excipuliformis (Pers.) Perdek. syn. Handkea excipuliformis (Scop.) Kreisel syn. Lycoperdon saccatum Schaeff. ex Fr. syn. C. saccata (Fr.) Morgan syn. L. excipuliformis Schaeff. ex Pers. Beutel-Stäubling Lycoperdon en sac. Fruit body 8–20cm high, pestle-shaped, head 3–12cm across, pale buff at first then brownish, outer surface of small spines or warts which soon disappear exposing the yellowish, papery inner wall of which the upper portion breaks away to expose the spores. Gleba purplish-brown at maturity; sterile base of sponge-like texture, brownish and occupying the entire stem. Spores olive-brown, globose and warted, 3.5–5.5µ in diameter. Habitat on waste ground, heaths, pastures and woodland. Season late summer to autumn but the sterile stalk and empty cup-like base of the head may persist for many months. Common. Edible when young. Distribution, America and Europe. This photograph shows unusually short-stemmed specimens; the young one (bottom right) is the most typically shaped.


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Jon Bemrose (United Kingdom) - 31 October 2010

Stang Forest, County Durham UK - 28/09/2010
Calvatia excipuliformis
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 26 August 2010

10/09/2006 Wyrówno k/Lipusza Kaszuby.Poland
Calvatia excipuliformis
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