Vase-Shaped Puffball
Calvatia cyathiformis
Family: Lycoperdaceae
Also called: Purple-Spored Puffball, Vase Puffball
Overview
Pear-vase shaped puffball of grasslands with purple-brown gleba at maturity. Good edible while gleba is white.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct
Season
Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Host trees & substrate
- Decaying pasture wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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