ʻO Porkhovka blackening (Bovista nigrescens) kiʻi a me ka wehewehe

ʻO ka pauka ʻeleʻele (Bovista nigrescens)

kino hua:

Spherical, pinepine ʻia i pālahalaha ʻia, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke kumu, ʻo 3-6 cm ke anawaena. He keʻokeʻo ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka ʻōpala ʻōpiopio, a laila lilo i melemele. (I ka wā e haki ai ka ʻili keʻokeʻo waho, ʻeleʻele ka hāneʻe, aneane ʻeleʻele.) ʻO ka ʻiʻo, e like me nā puffballs āpau, he keʻokeʻo i ka mua akā ʻeleʻele i ka makahiki. Ke oʻo ʻia nā ʻōpuʻu, ua haki ka ʻaoʻao o luna o ke kino hua, e waiho ana i kahi puka e hoʻokuʻu ai i nā spores.

ʻO ka pauka Spore:

Palaunu.

Hohola:

Ke ulu nei ka ʻeleʻele ʻo Porkhovka mai ke kauwela a hiki i ka waena o Kepakemapa i nā ululāʻau o nā ʻano like ʻole, ma nā māla, ma nā alanui, makemake i nā lepo momona.

ʻAno like:

ʻOkoʻa ka pauda kepau-hina like ʻole ma nā ʻano liʻiliʻi a me ka waihoʻoluʻu māmā (lead-gray, e like me ka inoa) o ka ʻili o loko. I kekahi mau pae o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, hiki ke huikau pū me ka puffball maʻamau (Scleroderma citrinum), i ʻike ʻia e kona ʻiʻo ʻeleʻele, ʻoʻoleʻa loa, a me ka ʻili ʻeleʻele.

ʻAi ʻai:

I ka wā ʻōpio, ʻoiai keʻokeʻo mau ka pulp, ʻo ka pauka ʻeleʻele he ʻano haʻahaʻa hiki ke ʻai ʻia, e like me nā lole ua.