''Bovistella'' is a

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puffball Puffballs are a type of fungus featuring a ball-shaped fruit body that (when mature) bursts on contact or impact, releasing a cloud of dust-like spores into the surrounding area. Puffballs belong to the division Basidiomycota and encompass sever ...

fungi in the family Agaricaceae. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Andrew Price Morgan in 1892.

Species

, the nomenclatural authority

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accepts 20 species in ''Bovistella'':

References

Agaricaceae Agaricales genera Taxa described in 1892 {{agaricaceae-stub

Species

See also

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