Bovista
Translingual
Etymology
From German Bovist, from older vohenfist (literally “vixen's fart”), from Middle High German vohe (“vixen”) + vist (“soft fart”),[1] from Old High German foha vist (“vixen fart”).
Hyponyms
- (true puffballs): Bovista plumbea - type species; for other species, see Bovista at MycoBank
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Bofist m., Bovist m.”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 123
Further reading
Bovista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bovista on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Bovista on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bovista at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Bovista at MycoBank
- Bovista at Encyclopedia of Life
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