Name:		Calvatia Fr., (1849) page 442 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Omalycus Raf. (1814) Hippoperdon Mont. (1842) Calvatia subgen. Hippoperdon (Mont.) M. Lange (1993) Hypoblema Lloyd (1902) Calvatia sectio Handkea (Kreisel) M. Lange (1993)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Agaricaceae Chevall. [Family] Agaricales Underw. [Order] Agaricomycetidae [Subclass] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Calvatia agaricoides Dissing & M. Lange Calvatia aniodina Pat. Calvatia arctica Ferd. & Winge Calvatia argentea (Berk.) Kreisel Calvatia bellii (Peck) M. Lange Calvatia bicolor (Lév.) Kreisel Calvatia boninensis S. Ito & S. Imai Calvatia booniana A.H. Sm. Calvatia borealis T.C.E. Fr. Calvatia bovista (L.) Pers. Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan Calvatia candida (Rostk.) Hollós Calvatia cisneroi Speg. Calvatia complutensis G. Moreno, Kreisel & Altés Calvatia connivens M. Lange Calvatia craniiformis Calvatia cretacea Calvatia cruciata (Rostk.) Fr. Calvatia crucibulum (Mont.) Kreisel Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan Calvatia defodioidis Lloyd Calvatia depressa (Bonord.) Zeller & A.H. Sm. Calvatia diguetii Har. & Pat. Calvatia elata (Massee) Morgan Calvatia excipuliformis (Scop.) Perdeck Calvatia fenzlii (Reich.) Kawam. Calvatia flava (Massee) Kreisel Calvatia fragilis (Vittad.) Morgan Calvatia fulvida Sosin Calvatia fumosa Zeller Calvatia fusca (G. Cunn.) Grgur. Calvatia gardneri (Berk.) Lloyd Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd Calvatia hesperia Morgan Calvatia horrida M. Lange Calvatia hungarica Hollós Calvatia incerta Bottomley Calvatia kakavu (Zipp.) Overeem Calvatia lacerata A.H. Sm. Calvatia lachnoderma Pat. Calvatia leiospora Morgan Calvatia lejospora Morgan Calvatia lepidophora (Ellis & Everh.) Coker & Couch Calvatia lilacina (Berk. & Mont.) Henn. Calvatia lloydii Zeller & Coker Calvatia lycoperdoides A.H. Sm. Calvatia macrogemmae Lloyd Calvatia maxima (Schaeff.) Morgan Calvatia nipponica Kawam. Calvatia occidentalis Lloyd Calvatia ochrogleba Zeller Calvatia olba Grgur. Calvatia olivacea (Cooke & Massee) Lloyd Calvatia owyheensis A.H. Sm. Calvatia pachyderma (Peck) Morgan Calvatia pachydermica (Speg.) Kreisel Calvatia pallida A.H. Sm. Calvatia paludosa (Lév.) De Toni Calvatia paradoxa A.H. Sm. Calvatia pilula Kreisel Calvatia polygonia A.H. Sm. Calvatia primitiva Lloyd Calvatia pygmaea (R.E. Fr.) Kreisel, G. Moreno, C. Ochoa & Altés Calvatia pyriformis (Lév.) Kreisel Calvatia rosacea Kreisel Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd Calvatia rubrotincta Zeller Calvatia rugosa (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) D.A. Reid Calvatia saccata (Vahl) Morgan Calvatia septentrionalis M. Lange Calvatia subcretacea Zeller Calvatia subpratensis (Lloyd) Coker & Zeller Calvatia subtomentosa Dissing & M. Lange Calvatia tatrensis Hollós Calvatia turneri (Ellis & Everh.) Demoulin & M. Lange Calvatia utriformis (Bull.) Jaap Calvatia versispora Lloyd Calvatia violascens (Cooke & Massee) R.T. Baker
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (16 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]