How to identify it?
Fruiting Body
Fruiting body large; large, round, or pear-shaped.
Flesh
Flesh firm and whitish when young, becoming powdery and yellowish to brownish purple in age. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Habit & Habitat
The species is saprobic; it grows singly or in small groups and clusters, and can be found in pastures, meadows, lawns, fields, forest edges, and occasionally in open forests. Spore print purple.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Agaricaceae Genus
Calvatia Species
Purple-spored puffball 
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