BioImages (UK) BIOTA (living things) Eukaryota (eukaryotes) FUNGI SS. (true fungi) BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes) AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) LYCOPERDACEAE (puffballs) Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball) Record Calvatia gigantea is also a member of: Gasteromycetes (via Lycoperdaceae) Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl. Lower Plants (via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd, 1904 (Giant Puffball) Date: 7 October 2000 OS grid ref: SU67 Lat/Lon: 51° 30' N, 1° 10' W Location: Vice County: Berks, VC22, England Voucher: 07/10/2000[E] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) Stage or state: Fruitbody Record Summary: at side of woodland path Identification Notes: Capillitium: smooth, 2-5µm diam, branching at high angles, with circular pores 1-1.5µm diam, septate, no clamps, slightly expanded at joins. Spores: round, 4-4.5µm diam, slightly rough under oil immersion. Images standard photographs and close-ups microscope photographs << Click on a thumbnail

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