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Bovista colorata

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Bovista colorata is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is found in eastern North America and northwestern South America.[2] The puffball was first described as Lycoperdon coloratum by Charles Horton Peck in 1878, from collections made in Sand Lake, New York.[3] Hanns Kreisel transferred it to the genus Bovista by in 1964. The golden to orange-yellow fruitbodies are 13–30 cm (5.1–11.8 in) in diameter. Its spores are spherical, measuring 3.5–5 μm in diameter.[2]

References

  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Bovista colorata (Peck) Kreisel". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. ^ a b Kreisel H. (1964). "Vorläufige Übersicht der Gattung Bovista". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 69: 196–211 (see p. 201).
  3. ^ Peck CH. (1878). "Report of the Botanist (1875)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 29: 29–82 (see p. 46).

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Bovista colorata: Brief Summary

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Bovista colorata is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is found in eastern North America and northwestern South America. The puffball was first described as Lycoperdon coloratum by Charles Horton Peck in 1878, from collections made in Sand Lake, New York. Hanns Kreisel transferred it to the genus Bovista by in 1964. The golden to orange-yellow fruitbodies are 13–30 cm (5.1–11.8 in) in diameter. Its spores are spherical, measuring 3.5–5 μm in diameter.

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