When: 2012-03-03
Collection location: Egypt Valley Wildlife Area, Belmont Co., Ohio, USA [Click for map]
Notes:
Two large brown puffballs were found in a bottom area near a wetland. My initial reaction was rotten pumpkin, but nope, these are puffballs.
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| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 9.09 | 2 | (shroomydan,John Steinke) | |||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 5.61 | 1 | (myxomop) | |||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
0.22 | 7.38% | |||||||
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| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 5.73 | 1 | (Alan Rockefeller) | |||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 10.80 | 2 | (darv,myxomop) | |||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
1.27 | 42.33% | |||||||
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Thanks Darv,
I also thought this was too big for Bovista pila, but the burgundy skin, rather stiff spore mass, and the fact that they managed to persist through the winter and into spring reminded me of Bovista pila collections from last year. The one I’m holding was also just lying on the ground, not connected.
Way too big for Bovista pila. You might need a microscope to separate Calvatia from Hankea, but it should be one of them.
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Looks great but big seems to be the problem. Other fungi have specimens outside the norm, why not Bovista pila.