Bovistella

Updated on Dec 04, 2023

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Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Agaricaceae		Division Basidiomycota Order Agaricales Rank Genus
Similar Botryobasidium aureum, Basidiodendron, Byssocorticium, Xerocomellus ripariellus, Badhamia panicea

Bovistella is a genus of puffball fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Andrew Price Morgan in 1802.

Species

As of January 2016, the nomenclatural authority Index Fungorum accepts 20 species in Bovistella:

Bovistella alpina D.A.Reid 1969

Bovistella ammophila (Lév.) Lloyd 1902

Bovistella atrobrunnea Zeller 1948

Bovistella australiana Lloyd 1905

Bovistella conspurcata (Berk. & Broome) Petch 1919

Bovistella davisii Lloyd 1906

Bovistella dominicensis Lloyd 1906

Bovistella floridensis Peck 1909

Bovistella glabrescens Lloyd 1906

Bovistella henningsii Lloyd 1906

Bovistella humidicola Bowerman 1962

Bovistella japonica Lloyd 1906

Bovistella longipedicellata Teng 1932

Bovistella melanospora Kreisel 1993

Bovistella nigrica Lloyd 1922

Bovistella poeltii Kreisel 1969

Bovistella reticulata Sosin 1959

Bovistella rosea Lloyd 1906

Bovistella sinensis Lloyd 1923

Bovistella verrucosa G.Cunn. 1925

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