Purple-spored Puffball - Calvatia cyathiformis

There were numerous of these huge puffballs growing in the grass next to a meadow. The largest one was about 25 cm wide. It was definitely not fresh and the insides felt like slimy tofu.

Habitat: Meadow/grass

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Flown Kimmerling

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This is C. cyathiformis for sure. Check out the purple spores already forming! Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for confirming :) Posted 5 years ago

The Purple-Spored Puffball

''Calvatia cyathiformis'', or Purple-spored Puffball, is a large edible saprobic species of ''Calvatia''. This terrestrial puffball, has purplish or purple-brown spores, which distinguish it from other large Lycoperdales. It is found mostly in prairie or grasslands of North America, Australia, and probably elsewhere.

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Similar species: Lycoperdales

Species identified by Christine Young