Bovista dermoxantha    (Vittad.) De Toni 

common name(s) : Dwarf Puffball 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Gasteromycetideae/Lycoperdales/Lycoperdaceae  

synonyms: Bovista pusilla 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Lycoperdon dermoxanthum, Lycoperdon ericetorum)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with  Bovista dermoxantha toxicity of Bovista dermoxantha genus Bovista  

The fruiting body is smooth, spherical, white then olive-brown.

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

It grows on the ground, out of forests, on lawns, slopes.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm)
  total height approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Bovista dermoxantha is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Bovista dermoxantha in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Bovista dermoxantha in the forest of Rambouillet



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