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,[2] and later transferred to Gastropila in 1976.[3] Some authors place it instead in the genus Handkea, circumscribed by Hanns Kreisel in 1989.[4]

Description

The fruit body is anywhere from golf ball size to baseball size, round to oval, 3–8 cm (1+1⁄8–3+1⁄8 in) 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.[5] The species has an unpleasant smell while developing.[6] Its edibility is unknown.[5]

Distribution and habitat

The species fruits singly, in groups, or in small clusters on soil in spruce-fir forests in the Rocky Mountains and westward in the summer and fall.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Gastropila fumosa (Zeller) P. Ponce de León :458, 1976". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  2. ^ Zeller SM (1947). "More notes on Gasteromycetes". Mycologia. 39 (3): 282–312 (see p. 300). doi:10.2307/3755205. JSTOR 3755205.
  3. ^ Ponce De León P. (1976). "Notes on the genus Gastropila". Phytologia. 33 (7): 455–466.
  4. ^ Kreisel H. (1989). "Studies in the Calvatia complex (Basidiomycetes)". Nova Hedwigia. 48: 281–296.
  5. ^ a b Arora D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 688. ISBN 0-89815-169-4.
  6. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  7. ^ McKnight VB, McKnight KH (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Peterson Field Guides. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. p. 352. ISBN 0-395-91090-0.

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