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Calvatia cyathiformis seen in Mani, Casanare

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Calvatia cyathiformis Mani DW Ms.jpg Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, ColombiaCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, ColombiaCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, ColombiaCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, ColombiaCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA young Pluteus sp. seen in the Andean oak forest of Raquira, Boyacá, Colombia

I love the spore color (clearly visible on the leaves below the cap) of this purple-spored big puffball, hence its common name, Purple-spored puffball. This is a very mature specimen,