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How to Grow and Care for Calvatia

Calvatia is noted for its straightforward care needs. It thrives best in well-drained soil and requires moderate watering, ensuring the soil remains slightly moist but not waterlogged. A unique care point is to protect calvatia from excessive wind, as it can cause undue stress. Additionally, ensuring calvatia has access to bright, indirect sunlight will support its optimum growth and vitality.

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Planting and Growing Calvatia

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Types of Calvatia

Giant puffball

These distinctive round, white fungi appear around the world in fields and at the edges of wooded areas. Living up to its name, a single giant puffball can grow as large as a watermelon. They have no stems, and produce trillions of spores that release into the air through holes in “puffs.” They have been used as slow-burning tinder and produce copious smoke when set aflame. Giant puffballs are technically edible, but should only be consumed when the mushroom is young and firm.

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