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Bovista Pers., 1794

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS

Classification

kingdom
Fungi
phylum
Basidiomycota
class
Agaricomycetes
order
Agaricales
family
Lycoperdaceae
genus
Bovista

Name

Synonyms
Globaria Quélet, 1873
Piemycus Rafinesque, 1813
Piesmycus Rafinesque, 1808
Pseudolycoperdon Velenovský, 1947
Sackea Rostkovius, 1844
Homonyms
Bovista Pers., 1794
Common names
Bejines in Spanish
Bovist in Danish
Bovist in Danish
Boviste in German
Bovister in Danish
Bovistes in French
True Puffballs in English
Vilktabokė in Lithuanian
eggrøyksopper in Norwegian Bokmål
kadilčki in Slovenian
maamunat in Finnish
maamunat in Finnish
prášivka in Czech
äggsvampar in Swedish
Порхавка in Ukrainian
Порховка in Russian
כדורנית in Hebrew
シバフダンゴタケ属 in Japanese
灰球菌屬 in Chinese
찹쌀떡버섯속 in Korean
True Puffballs in English
True Puffballs in English
eggrøyksopper in Nynorsk, Norwegian
eggrøyksopper in Norwegian Bokmål
äggsvampar in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. (2012) Funga Nordica. Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid genera
  2. Betancur M. A.; Calderón M. H., Betancourt O. G., Sucerquia A. G. 2007. Hongos macromycetes en dos relictos de bosque húmedo tropical montano bajo de la vereda la cuchilla, Marmato, Caldas. Bol. Cient. Museo de historia natural U. Caldas. 11: 19 – 31.
  3. Index fungorum
  4. Larsson & Jeppson (2008) Phylogenetic relationships among species and genera of Lycoperdaceae based on ITS and LSU sequence data from north Europaean taxa
  5. Persoon (1794) Dispositio methodica fungorum
  6. Robert, Stegehuis & Stalpers (2011) The MycoBank engine and related databases.
  7. Wijayawardene & al. (2025) Outline of Fungi
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