Species Detail - Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Calvatia gigantea
Giant Puffball
NHMSYS0001476696
UnverifiedUnverified
Bovista gigantea (Batsch) Gray, Langermannia gigantea (Batsch) Rostk., Lasiosphaera gigantea (Batsch) F. Šmarda, Lycoperdon giganteum Batsch
N/A
cagig
(Batsch) Lloyd
fungus
Species
4
4
3
15/07/1990
31/12/2019
15 July (recorded in 1990)
23 September (recorded in 2016)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea), accessed 11 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/157228>