Calvatia cyathiformis, or purple-spored puffball, is a large saprobic species of Calvatia. This terrestrial puffball has purplish or purple-brown spores, which distinguish it from other large Agaricales. It is found in North America and Australia, mostly in prairie or grassland environments. It is considered a choice edible when it is young and the interior is white.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Purple-spored Puffball being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calvatia lilacina
- Calvatia fragilis
- Calvatia craniiformis
- Mycenastrum corium
- Calvatia pachyderma
- Lycoperdon utriforme
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Lycoperdaceae
- Genus
- Calvatia
- Species
- Calvatia cyathiformis
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