Bovista

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Fungi basidiomycota agaricomycetes agaricales lycoperdaceae Bovista

Persoon

1794

true puffballs

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Bovista is a genus of fungi commonly known as the true puffballs. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split; the species of Bovista are now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales. Bovista species have a collectively widespread distribution, and are found largely in temperate regions of the world. Various species have historically been used in homeopathic preparations....read more on Wikipedia.