Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Bovista aestivalis (Bonord.) Demoulin, Beih. Sydowia 8: 143 (1979)

Lycoperdon furfuraceum Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 131 (1774)
Lycoperdon cepiforme Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 10: tab. 435:2 (1790)
Lycoperdon polymorphum Vittad., Monogr. Lycoperd. 5: 183 (1843)
Lycoperdon aestivale Bonord., Handb. Allgem. mykol.: 251 (1851)
Bovista polymorpha (Vittad.) Kreisel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 69: 201 (1964)

Habitat: On sandy, often calcareous soils, usually in dunes but also known from unimproved grassland (downland) and in open glades in deciduous woodland.

Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, ROI: !, Other: Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 28807; Wales: K(M) 59255

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 333
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 130-131, pl. Figs 97/98

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