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Conservation status: Not listed.
This is a very common puff ball species in Australia. As it matures, the spores become dry and powdery and change from white to a lilac-brown - thus the "lilacina" part of its name. The spores are released as the fruiting body slowly disintegrates from the top downwards.
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Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Agaricaceae
Calvatia
lilacina
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| Calvatia lilacina may be found singly, or more often in small groups. It has been known to emerge in "fairy rings" of 20 or more fruiting bodies. |
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