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Calvatia gigantea, commonly known in English as the giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests in late summer and autumn. It is found in temperate areas throughout the world.
Calvatia booniana, commonly known as the western giant puffball, [1] is a puffball mushroom that can grow 10 to 70 centimetres (3.9 to 28 in) in diameter, as large as its close relative, the giant puffball of eastern North America and Europe. [2]
Young puffballs are typically 6 to 12 cm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across, white, or pale grey-brown; [8] in maturity it may attain dimensions of 25 cm (10 in) broad by 20 cm (8 in) tall. [9] The exoperidum is tomentose—densely covered with a layer of fine matted hairs.
Young puffballs are typically 6 to 12 centimetres (2.4 to 4.7 in) across, white, or pale grey-brown; [5] in maturity it may attain dimensions of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) broad by 25 centimetres (9.8 in) tall. [6] The underside of the puffball is attached to the ground by a root-like assemblage of hyphae called a rhizomorph. [7]
Their loose, abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English name of the family. The species range in size from the rufous-capped nunlet, at 13 cm (5.1 in) and 14 g (0.49 oz), to the white-necked puffbird, at up to 29 cm (11 in) and 106 g (3.7 oz).
Different breeds of rabbit at an exhibition in the Netherlands, 1952. As of 2017, there were at least 305 breeds of the domestic rabbit in 70 countries around the world raised for in the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their value in meat, fur, wool, education, scientific research, entertainment and companionship in cuniculture. [1]
The Florida White rabbit was accepted as a breed by the ARBA in 1967. [1] The breed originator was ARBA Judge Orville Miliken. [citation needed] He crossed an albino Dutch, an albino Polish and a small but "typie" (sic) New Zealand white and through progressive selection and line breeding produced a strain of compact animals.
Like all cottontail rabbits, the desert cottontail has a greyish-brown, rounded tail with a broad white edge and white underside, which is visible as it runs away. [7] It also has white fur on the belly. [8] Adults are 36 to 42 cm (14 to 17 in) long and weigh anywhere from 700 to 1,200 g (1.5 to 2.6 lb). [9]