Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd

Synonyms:

Bovista gigantea Calvatia maxima Langermannia gigantea Lasiosphaera gigantea Lasiosphaeria gigantea Lycoperdon giganteum

Common Name:

Giant Puffball

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (2) Corylus avellana (1) Crataegus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Pinus (1) Poa (1) Taxus baccata (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees (3) Acid grassland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-poor (1) Built-up areas (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Grassland: improved/reseeded, lowland (1) Improved grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (13) Soil (12)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (16) March (5) April (1) May (2) July (2) August (6) September (9) October (10) November (4)