Bovista paludosa Lév.
(Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist)

Interactions where Bovista paludosa is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with UK/Ireland Aulacomnium palustre Bog Groove-moss Aulacomniales: Aulacomniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Bovista paludosa/Bovista paludosafen puffball, fen balloon, fen bovistfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Aulacomniales/Aulacomniaceae/Aulacomnium palustre/Aulacomnium palustrebog groove-moss

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Bovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist)
GenusBovista (bovists, balloon fungi)
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist)

Bovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Telfer, M.G., Lambdon, P.W. & Gurney, M. 2000 Recent Discoveries among the Gasteroid Fungi of Norfolk Field Mycology Vol 1 (1): 30-32.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bovista paludosa (Fen Puffball, Fen Balloon, Fen Bovist):

Extinct

EN/B

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