Calvatia gigantea

Summary

Calvatia gigantea is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month, #1,389 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Calvatia gigantea's image is recorded as Giant Puffball.jpg^[3].
• Calvatia gigantea's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Calvatia gigantea's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Calvatia gigantea's parent taxon is recorded as Calvatia^[6].
• Calvatia gigantea's taxon name is recorded as Calvatia gigantea^[7].
• Calvatia gigantea's Commons category is recorded as Calvatia gigantea^[8].
• Calvatia gigantea's has basionym is recorded as Lycoperdon giganteum^[9].
• Calvatia gigantea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06sklh^[10].
• Calvatia gigantea's UNII is recorded as BR6B7CG29T^[11].
• Calvatia gigantea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68762^[12].
• Calvatia gigantea's hymenium type is recorded as gleba^[13].
• Calvatia gigantea's mushroom cap shape is recorded as no mushroom cap^[14].
• Calvatia gigantea's spore print color is recorded as brown^[15].
• Calvatia gigantea's mushroom ecological type is recorded as mycorrhiza^[16].
• Calvatia gigantea's edibility is recorded as edible mushroom^[17].
• Calvatia gigantea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1005378^[18].
• Calvatia gigantea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2536058^[19].
• Calvatia gigantea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calvatia gigantea^[20].
• Calvatia gigantea's Commons gallery is recorded as Calvatia gigantea^[21].
• Calvatia gigantea's MycoBank taxon name ID is recorded as 265958^[22].
• Calvatia gigantea's Index Fungorum taxon ID is recorded as 265958^[23].
• Calvatia gigantea's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/giant-puffball^[24].
• Calvatia gigantea's taxon synonym is recorded as Lycoperdon giganteum^[25].
• Calvatia gigantea's taxon synonym is recorded as Langermannia gigantea^[26].
• Calvatia gigantea's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. gigantea'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Calvatia gigantea ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (270 views/month, #1,389 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]