![A giant puffball growing in a patch of grass. It's a football-shaped fungus with pockmarked, off-white skin](/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_default/public/2023-10/Giant_Puff_ball_Calvatia_gigantea_BioImages_c_Malcolm_Storey.jpg?h=30345f26&itok=PoF3fGgB)
Giant puffball © Dr Malcolm Storey
Giant puffball
Enw gwyddonol: Calvatia gigantea
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
Species information
Ystadegau
Width: typically 10-80cmStatws cadwraethol
Not threatened