''Gastropila fumosa'' is a
species of
puffball in the family
Agaricaceae. It was first
described as ''Calvatia fumosa'' by American mycologist
Sanford Myron Zeller in 1947,
and later transferred to ''
Gastropila
''Gastropila'' is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus, described in 1973, contains four puffball-like species distributed in the Americas.
See also
* List of Agaricaceae genera
* List of Agaricales genera
References
A ...
'' in 1976.
Some authors place it instead in the genus ''
Handkea'',
circumscribed by
Hanns Kreisel in 1989.
Description
The
fruit body is anywhere from golf ball size to baseball size, round to oval, broad, thick, at first smooth and white, soon becoming grayish to brownish. The
spores are firm and white at first, then yellowish or olive, and then dark brown and powdery.
The species has an unpleasant smell while developing.
Its
edibility is unknown.
Distribution and habitat
The species fruits singly, in groups, or in small clusters on soil in
spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...
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fir
Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family (biology), family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North America, North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The ...
forests in the
Rocky Mountains and westward in the summer and fall.
References
External links
*
Agaricaceae
Fungi described in 1947
Fungi of North America
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