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

synonyms: Hasenbovist, Vesse-de-loup ciselée
Calvatia utriformis 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7373
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Calvatia utriformis3 Mushroom
Ref No: 7374
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Calvatia utriformis4 Mushroom
Ref No: 7375
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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

Calvatia utriformis (Bull. ex Pers.) Jaap syn. C. 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.


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