Bovistella radicata    (Durieu & Mont.) Pat. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Gasteromycetideae/Lycoperdales/Lycoperdaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lycoperdon radicatum)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Bovistella radicata toxicity of Bovistella radicata genus Bovistella  

The fruiting body is spherical, covered with fine spines or warts, white then yellow-brown.

The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature.

It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, with pine, oaks.

The fruiting period takes place from July to September.
Dimensions:
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 4 and 6 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Bovistella radicata is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very rare, more generally speaking .



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