Bovista Pers.
(bovists, balloon fungi)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Bovista nigrescens Brown Puffball, Brown Balloon, Brown Bovist					Species		31 images
Bovista plumbea Grey Puffball, Lead Balloon, Lead-grey Bovist					Species		32 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns	255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Bovista (bovists, balloon fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 (bovists, balloon fungi)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bovista (bovists, balloon fungi)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Bovista is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)