Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Bovista pusilla (Batsch) Pers.

Bovista pusilla – least puffball

Synonyms: Bovista ericetorum, Globaria pusilla, Lycoperdon polymorphum, Lycoperdon pusillum, Pseudolycoperdon pusillum.

Common name: least puffball.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Small puffball mushrooms Bovista pusilla on a field in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2020
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Least puffball mushrooms (Bovista pusilla) on a mowed path in prairie area in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2020
Yaupon Loop, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Cross section of least puffball mushrooms (Bovista pusilla) on a mowed path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2020
Yaupon Loop, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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Links

• List of mushrooms with photos.
• Photos grouped by dates.
• List of Latin names.
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• Locations on a map.
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• Mushrooms from Texas, old version of web page.
• Mushrooms of Russia.
• Collection of mushrooms from Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Acknowledgements

Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.

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