Gastropila fumosa

Gastropila fumosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Gastropila
Species:
G. fumosa
Binomial name
Gastropila fumosa
Synonyms
  • Calvatia fumosa Zeller (1947)
  • Handkea fumosa (Zeller) Kreisel (1989)
Gastropila fumosa
Glebal hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

Gastropila fumosa is a species of puffball in the family Agaricaceae. It was first described as Calvatia fumosa by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1947, and later transferred to Gastropila in 1976. Some authors place it instead in the genus Handkea, circumscribed by Hanns Kreisel in 1989.