Boviste

This article deals with the Bovist mushroom genus, for the fruiting body habit of the same name see Bovist

Boviste
Lead gray bovist ( Bovista plumbea )
Systematics
Subdivision : Agaricomycotina Class : Agaricomycetes Subclass : Agaricomycetidae Order : Mushroom-like (Agaricales) Family : Mushroom relatives (Agaricaceae) Genre : Boviste
Scientific name
Bovista
Pers.

The Boviste ( Bovista ) are a genus of mushrooms from the mushroom relatives family .

The type species is the lead gray bovist ( Bovista plumbea ).

features

These are species with small to medium-sized and above-ground angiocarpic fruiting bodies . They are mostly spherical, sometimes pear-shaped and sometimes detach from the mycelium when they are ripe . The gleba is initially white, later olive to black-brown. A subgleba is missing or is compact. The capillitium is of the Bovista or Lycoperdon type, transitional forms are possible. The Boviste have a two-layer exo peridia , which falls off when ripe or remains in the form of inconspicuous scales or flakes. The paper- or parchment-like endoperidia opens at the vertex when it is ripe.

ecology

The species of the genus occur mainly on pastures, in grassland, on dunes or in steppes.

species

The genus includes around 50 species worldwide. The following species occur in Europe or are to be expected there.

Boviste ( Bovista ) in Europe

German name Scientific name Author quote Pointed Bovist Bovista acuminata (Bosc 1851) roundabout 1964> Heide-Bovist Bovista aestivalis (Bonorden 1851) Demoulin 1979 Bovista bovistoides (Cooke & Massee 1887) S. Ahmad 1952 Bovista colorata (Peck 1878) Roundabout 1964 Chalk-white Bovist Bovista cretacea TCE Frieze 1914 Bovista cunninghamii Roundabout 1967 Bovista dakotensis (Brenckle 1910) Roundabout 1964 Bovista delicata Berkeley & MA Curtis 1860 emend. Roundabout 1967 Bovista furfuracea (JF Gmelin 1792: Persoon 1801) Persoon 1801 Bovista glacialis Roundabout 1964 Field Bovist Bovista graveolens Swallow 1893 Smallest Bovist Bovista limosa Rostrup 1896 Blackening Bovist Bovista nigrescens Persoon 1794: Persoon 1801 Bovista ochrotricha Roundabout 1967 Bog or bog bovist Bovista paludosa Léveillé 1846 Lead gray bovist Bovista plumbea Persoon 1796: Persoon 1801 Hain-Bovist Bovista polymorpha (Vittadini 1842) Roundabout 1964 Bovista promontorii Roundabout 1967 Bovista pusilliformis (Roundabout 1962) roundabout 1964 Felty Bovist Bovista tomentosa (Vittadini 1842) De Toni 1888

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  Heath-Bovist
  Bovista aestivalis

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  Smallest Bovist
  Bovista limosa

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  Lead gray bovist
  Bovista plumbea

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  Lead-gray Bovist:
  spores in transmitted light

swell

literature

• German Josef Krieglsteiner (Eds.), Andreas Gminder , Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 .
• Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of mycology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul M. Kirk, Paul F. Cannon, David W. Minter, JA Stalpers: Dictionary of the Fungi . 10th edition. CABI Europe, Wallingford, Oxfordshire (UK) 2008, ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8 (784 pages).
2. ^ Christian Hendrik Persoon: Dispositio methodica fungorum . In: New magazine for botany . tape 1 , 1794, pp. 81-128 .
3. ↑ Eric Strittmatter: The genus Bovista . In: fungiworld.com. Mushroom Taxa Database. June 13, 2008, archived from the original on January 23, 2013 ; Retrieved July 30, 2012 .  

Web links

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