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True Puffballs
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True Puffballs

Bovista

Bovista is a genus of fungi commonly known as the true puffballs. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split; the species of Bovista are now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales. Bovista species have a collectively widespread distribution, and are found largely in temperate regions of the world. Various species have historically been used in homeopathic...

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bovista

subgenusBovista

Globaria

subgenusGlobaria

Bovista sp. 'IN02'

speciesBovista sp. 'IN02'

Bovista sp. 'IN01'

speciesBovista sp. 'IN01'

Bovista sp. 'CA01'

speciesBovista sp. 'CA01'

Bovista sp. 'tomentosa-NY01'

speciesBovista sp. 'tomentosa-NY01'

Bovista hollosii

speciesBovista hollosii

Bovista sp. 'MI01'

speciesBovista sp. 'MI01'

Bovista ochrotricha

speciesBovista ochrotricha

Bovista sp. 'CA02'

speciesBovista sp. 'CA02'

Bovista sp. 'CA07'

speciesBovista sp. 'CA07'

Bovista sp. 'CA03'

speciesBovista sp. 'CA03'

Bovista sp. 'plumbea-CA01'

speciesBovista sp. 'plumbea-CA01'

Bovista sp. 'PR02'

speciesBovista sp. 'PR02'

Bovista sp. 'PR01'

speciesBovista sp. 'PR01'

Bovista sp. 'IN03'

speciesBovista sp. 'IN03'

Bovista gunnii

speciesBovista gunnii

Bovista sclerocystis

speciesBovista sclerocystis

Bovista acocksii

speciesBovista acocksii

Bovista umbrina

speciesBovista umbrina

Bovista sp. 'IN04'

speciesBovista sp. 'IN04'

Bovista sp. 'VA01'

speciesBovista sp. 'VA01'

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