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Puffball fruiting bodies

Person in a plaid shirt holding two large white giant puffball mushrooms, Calvatia gigantea, against a background of green foliage.

Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

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Basidiomycota Calvatia Lycoperdon giant puffball Calbovista subsculpta Lycoperdaceae gasteromycetes hymenomycetes