puff balls fungi Bovista sp
Genus of fungi belonging to the class Basidiomycetes There are about 35 species all found in temperate regions They are small puffballs up to 8 cm 3 in in diameter and differing from Lycoperdon species mainly in having a mass of sterile threadlike tubes or fibres among the spores B plumbea and B nigrescens are found on heaths and pastures in Britain They have no stem but are held to the ground by a thread when this is broken by the wind the puffball is blown around releasing its spores as it goes
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