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Giant Puffball

Calvatia gigantea

Description:

greyish brown in color.Elliptical in shape. Looked almost like a big pebble rock or potato.Firmly attached to the ground.

Habitat:

local landscaping

1 Species ID Suggestions

jeslowery
jeslowery 9 years ago
Giant Puffball
Calvatia gigantea Calvatia gigantea


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3 Comments

HayleyBoBailey
HayleyBoBailey 9 years ago

If that's not a rock, I want to know what it is because it has amazing camo. Does it have a stem?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Randy, I must have done that once to a similar looking mushroom and my entire lawn was infected by the spores!!

RandyL.
RandyL. 9 years ago

Wow it does just look like a big rock. Any chance you can cut it in half?

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Concord, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 16, 2015
Submitted on Feb 16, 2015

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