BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd, 1904 (Giant Puffball)
| Notes (MWS) | This edible species grows in nutrient-rich habitats like parks, gardens and the corners of fields. The largest of our puffballs, it can attain 70cm in diameter, but more usually is 20 to 50cm. |
| British records | 1195 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 17 August 2003 | Dorset | England | 4 | |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 7 October 2000 | Berks | England | 6 | 6 |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 12 September 1974 | South-east Yorkshire | England | 1 | |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 3 January 1970 | East Sussex | England | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Calvatia gigantea may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Calvatia gigantea:
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fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium | Syzygites megalocarpus - Toadstool Pin Mould (Mucorales: Mucoraceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 |
Calvatia gigantea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
