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Bovista nigrescens - Photograph of the black bovist.
Bovista plumbea - Several photographs of this globular species.
Calbovista subsculpta: Sculptured Giant Puffball - Photograph and information on this particular specimen which grew in British Colombia.
California Fungi: Handkea - The principal characteristics of this genus of puffballs and a list of those species found in California with photographs of 3 of them.
Calvatia - A fun look at what can be done with giant puffballs besides eating them.
Calvatia craniformis - Photograph of this skull-shaped puffball.
Calvatia cyathiformis - Photographs of this puffball when mature and as a dead base after the spores have been released.
Calvatia excipuliformis - Photograph of the Pestle Puffball and a description.
Calvatia gigantea - Photograph and information on this species, commonly known as the Giant Puffball.
Calvatia gigantea - Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Giant Puffball, and magnified images of the Capillitium.
Calvatia gigantea - 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.
Calvatia gigantea - Photographs of the Giant Puffball and a description.
Handkea utriformis - Photographs of the fruitbody of this species, commonly known as the Mosaic Puffball.
Lycoperdon echinatum - Photographs of the Spiny Puffball and a description.
Lycoperdon perlatum - Photograph of this species.
Lycoperdon perlatum - Several photographs of the Common Puffball and an identification guide.
Lycoperdon pyriforme - Photographs of the Stump Puffball and an identification guide.
Vascellum pratense - Photographs of this species, commonly known as the Meadow Puffball.
Vascellum pratense - Photographs of an old fruitbody of this puffball and magnified images of the spores and paracapillitium.

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