Calvatia

Calvatia
noun
genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores
• Syn: ↑genus Calvatia
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdaceae, ↑family Lycoperdaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑giant puffball, ↑Calvatia gigantea

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\\kalˈvāsh(ē)ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin calvus bald
: a genus of fungi (family Lycoperdaceae) including the giant puffball (C. gigantea) that have outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores

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  • Calvatia — n. a genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores. Syn: genus {Calvatia}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Calvatia — Taxobox name = Calvatia image width = 240px image caption = Calvatia excipuliformis regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Lycoperdales familia = Lycoperdaceae genus = Calvatia genus authority = Fr. subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • Calvatia — Riesenboviste Calvatia craniiformis Systematik Abteilung: Basidienpilze (Basidiomycota) Klasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Calvatia gigantea — Taxobox name = Giant puffball image width = 200px image caption = Giant puffball with object for scale regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Lycoperdales familia = Lycoperdaceae genus = Calvatia species = C.… …   Wikipedia

  • Calvatia craniiformis — Taxobox name = Calvatia craniiformis regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Lycoperdales familia = Lycoperdaceae genus = Calvatia species = C. craniiformis binomial = Calvatia craniiformis binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

  • Calvatia versispora — Taxobox name = Calvatia versispora regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Basidiomycetes subclassis = Agaricomycetidae ordo = Agaricales familia = Lycoperdaceae genus = Calvatia species = C. versispora binomial = Calvatia versispora… …   Wikipedia

  • Calvatia utriformis — Lycoperdon utriforme Lycoperdon utriforme …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Calvatia gigantea — noun huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight • Syn: ↑giant puffball • Hypernyms: ↑puffball, ↑true puffball • Member Holonyms: ↑Calvatia, ↑genus Calvatia …   Useful english dictionary

  • calvatia — cal·va·tia …   English syllables

  • genus Calvatia — noun genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores • Syn: ↑Calvatia • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdaceae, ↑family Lycoperdaceae …   Useful english dictionary

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