Calvatia bovista is a species of Calvatia mushroom.
Description The fruiting body is high and wide, round on top with a wide stemlike sterile base (not producing spores), often half the height of the fruiting body. The spores are 4–6.5 μm, round, minutely warted or spiny. The spore print is white and cheesy when young, brownish and dry in age.
It is the second largest Calvatia in North America.
Habitat It is fairly common and found in habitats such as pastures and open woods.
Uses As with other Calvatia mushrooms, it is edible when young, and it is used in medicine.Wild edible fungi: a global overview of their use and importance to people; page 132. Boa, E.R., Food & Agriculture Org., 2004. /
References
External links Calvatia bovista at Mushroomobserver.org.