Bovista tomentosa is a species of puffball fungus in the family Lycoperdaceae, first described by Carlo Vittadini and given its current name by Giovanni Battista de Toni.
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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. tomentosa
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| Bovista tomentosa (Vittad.) Quél.
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Distribution and habitat
editIt appears in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, most often in Europe.[1] It usually grows outside forests, in sunny places, among xerothermic vegetation, on calcareous soils among grasses, on pastures, sometimes on rocks, less often in pine forests, parks and gardens, also in Juniperus communis thickets, on abandoned farmlands and industrial waste.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bovista tomentosa distribution". gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ a b Władysław Wojewoda (2003). Krytyczna lista wielkoowocnikowych grzybów podstawkowych Polski (PDF). Kraków: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. p. 87. ISBN 83-89648-09-1.