Bovista nigrescens Pers.
(Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)
Genus	Bovista (bovists, balloon fungi)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Bovista nigrescens is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist) :
1: Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)
29 Sep 2004	OSGR: SX76	50° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W	Vice County: South Devon (VC 3)	England
Two fruitbodies in grass

2: Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)
11 Feb 1999	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England


3: Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)
24 Jul 1983	OSGR: SU39	51° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Oxon (VC 23)	England

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

Bovista
(bovists, balloon fungi)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist)

A medium-sized puffball (usually at least an inch in diameter) which is white when young becoming darker as it matures until the exoperidium (outer skin) flakes away exposing the brown endoperidium (inner skin). This then splits forming a slit or irregular opening through which the spores are released. The fruitbody may become loose at maturity and often blows some distance from where it grew. Widespread and common in many types of grassland including fertilised lawns.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bovista nigrescens is also a member of:

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