Bovista a cuminata, a rare, scantily reported species so far known form Europe and the Americas, occupies an isolated position in Bovista on account of its minutely verrucose spores, habitus and growth on moss cushions covering fallen trunks or rocks. Since it has not yet been studied from a molecular perspective, it was decided to sequence two recent collections from Italy. Based on morphological and molecular data, the genus Bryoperdon is established for it and placed in Lycoperdaceae, where it is close to Apioperdon comb. et stat. nov., which encompasses the Lycoperdon pyriforme clade. The delimitation of the genera Bryoperdon and Apioperdon from each other and from allied taxa is also discussed.