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Calvatia gigantea - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug98.html
Article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus, the Giant Puffball, with a photograph of a fairy ring formed of these fungi, and information on some other puffballs. |
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Calvatia - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/calvatia.html
A fun look at what can be done with giant puffballs besides eating them. |
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California Fungi: Handkea - http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/genera/Handkea.html
The principal characteristics of this genus of puffballs and a list of those species found in California with photographs of 3 of them. |
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Calvatia craniformis - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/calvatia3.html
Photograph of this skull-shaped puffball. |
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Calvatia cyathiformis - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/calvatia2.html
Photographs of this puffball when mature and as a dead base after the spores have been released. |