 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist)
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Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
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NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist)
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Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist):
 BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk)
has 32 images of Bovista plumbea (Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist)
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A small puffball (usually no more than an inch in diameter) which is white when young becoming darker as it matures until the exoperidium (outer skin) cracks like the shell of a boiled egg and flakes away exposing the leaden grey or brown endoperidium (inner skin). The spores are released through a slightly protruding opening, which can be round, slit-like or irregular. The fruitbody may become loose at maturity and often blows some distance from where it grew. Widespread and very common in many types of grassland including fertilised lawns.
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