Synonymy:
Sackea nigrescens (Pers.) Rostk., in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., 3 Abt. (Pilze Deutschl.)(18): 33 (1839)
Lycoperdon nigrescens (Pers.) Vittad., Monogr. Lycoperd. (Torino): 176 (32 of prepr.) (1842)
Globaria nigrescens (Pers.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 372 (1873)

Bovista nigrescens subsp. tenella Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 8): 565 (1882)
Bovista nigrescens var. tenella (Sacc.) Sacc., in Berlese, De Toni & Fischer, Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 7(1): 99 (1888)

Bovista montana Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 14: 145 (1892)
Bovista nigrescens var. montana (Morgan) F. Šmarda, Fl. ČSR, B-1, Gasteromycetes: 364 (1958)

Bovista nigrescens var. asperispora Moesz, Bot. Közl. 35(1-2): 66 (1938)

Position in classification:
Bovista, Lycoperdaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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