Bovista ochrotricha is a little known puffball described already in 1919. It recalls Bryoperdon acuminatum in morphology but can be dsitinguished on its distinctly verrucose basidiospores. No sequence data is currently available (2024) but when molecular data will be provided it may well group in the Bryoperdon clade as a sister species to B. acuminata. Microscopy is needed for ID.
A species with a specialised ecology (lignicolous on living trees) with less than 50 records worldwide. Fragmented population. More data is needed to evaluate its current population status. DD
Bovista ochrotricha is considered to have a west-mediterranean distribution range (Kresiel 2001), although originally described from Paradenya in Sri Lanka. In Europe it has been recorded from peninsular Spain and Portugal as well as from the Canary Islands. Recent records from Japan and Florida (USA) are in need of verification. The known world population is strongly fragmented.
No data of current status; however the known population is strongly fragmented.
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Bovista ochrotricha is a lignicolous species growing among mosses on the bark of living deciduous trees. On the Iberian peninsula on Quercus ilex and Q. faginea. In type locality (Sri Lanka) on Artocarpus heterophylla.
No data available
Bovista ochrotricha should be searched for on the known localities to evaluate its current status.
DNA-sequence data is needed to establish its relation to the macromorphologically and ecologically similar Bryoperdon acuminatum.
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