Bovista dermoxantha (Vittad.) De Toni
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common name(s) : Dwarf Puffball
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Gasteromycetideae/Lycoperdales/Lycoperdaceae
synonyms: Bovista pusilla
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lycoperdon dermoxanthum, Lycoperdon ericetorum)
edibility : discard
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The fruiting body is smooth, spherical, white then olive-brown.
The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature.
It grows on the ground, out of forests, on lawns, slopes.
The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: |
width of fruiting body approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm) |
| total height approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm) |
Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet
Bovista dermoxantha is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Bovista dermoxantha in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18