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Calvatia rubroflava
A rather odd kind of puffball for several reasons. First, due to its sterile base (the stalk), secondly due to the cotton-like spore mass that retains more spores than other puffballs, and its ability to stain a bright yellow whenever injured. As you can see in these three shots of C. rubroflava in different stages of developement, the first shows a relatively young specimen that retains just a bit of its spore case, then in the second one, the shape and stalk are still visible while the spore case has long deteriorated, a finally in the aged specimen in the third phota, its shape begins to transform as spores get lost and the existance of a stem is even harder to tell.
You hit them and encourage their survival. What else could you ask for?
Yes, Calvatia seems to be the perfect genus, although, along with a couple of friends over at Mushroom Observer, we've come up with the consensus that this is C. rubroflava. Its description is perfect and I'm just happy to find an ID that I have no doubts over. :)
Thank you though!
seems to be a Calvatia and reminds me the C. craniiformis of Sonoran's collections.
That's exactly the same conclusion I came up with Clive, the question is what kind? I can't immediately recall any puffball that opens up this way, is this large, stalked, and with green spores. I'll probably take a look around this area again near the fall, hopefully at some of the more younger puffballs!
that seems to be something else. asterophoras/ Nyctalis are parasitaire mushroom, wich ALMOST everytime grows on an russula. at this moment I have no idea, about this one.!
Spotted on Sep 10, 2011
Submitted on Sep 11, 2011
