Bovista colorata is a species of puffball fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is found in eastern North America and northwestern South America.[2] The puffball was first described as Lycoperdon coloratum by Charles Horton Peck in 1878, from collections made in Sand Lake, New York.[3] Hanns Kreisel transferred it to the genus Bovista by in 1964. The golden to orange-yellow fruitbodies are 13–30 cm (5.1–11.8 in) in diameter. Its spores are spherical, measuring 3.5–5 μm in diameter.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Lycoperdaceae |
| Genus: | Bovista |
| Species: | B. colorata
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| Bovista colorata | |
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References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Bovista colorata (Peck) Kreisel". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ a b Kreisel H. (1964). "Vorläufige Übersicht der Gattung Bovista". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 69: 196–211 (see p. 201).
- ^ Peck CH. (1878). "Report of the Botanist (1875)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 29: 29–82 (see p. 46).
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