Baseia, Iuri Goulart & Francisco Diego Calonge. Calvatia sculpta, a striking puffball occurring on Brazilian sand dunes. Mycotaxon 106: 269-272. 2008.

ABSTRACT: This North American species was discovered for the first time in South America, growing on sand dunes associated with native tree roots. A description, comments, illustration of the basidiome and SEM-photo of the spores are given.

KEYWORDS: Lycoperdaceae, gasteromycetes, neotropics, taxonomy, chorology