Calvatia gigantea

Giant puffball
Giant puffball with a 11.7 x 5.4 cm GPS receiver for scale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Calvatia
Species:	C. gigantea
Binomial name
Calvatia gigantea (Batsch ex Pers.) Lloyd
Synonyms
Langermannia gigantea (Batsch ex Pers.) Rostk.

Calvatia gigantea Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is choice or inedible

Calvatia gigantea, commonly known in English as the giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests in late summer and autumn. It is found in temperate areas throughout the world.^[1]