. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Puffballs Cup-shaped Puffball (Edible) Calvatia cyathiformis Peridium—Large, top-shaped. Bark or Outer Coat—Thin, adherent, smooth, and continuous, easily peeling off. Inner Coat—Pale to dark purple, loosely woven, fragile at matur- ity, breaking up into fragments from above downward. Subgleba—Short and. thick, with cord-like root, persistent, cup- shaped, occupying }4->^ the peridium. Spores and Threads—Violet to dar
. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Puffballs Cup-shaped Puffball (Edible) Calvatia cyathiformis Peridium—Large, top-shaped. Bark or Outer Coat—Thin, adherent, smooth, and continuous, easily peeling off. Inner Coat—Pale to dark purple, loosely woven, fragile at matur- ity, breaking up into fragments from above downward. Subgleba—Short and. thick, with cord-like root, persistent, cup- shaped, occupying }4->^ the peridium. Spores and Threads—Violet to dark purple. Spores globose and warted, threads long. Time—August to October. Habitat—On the ground in meadows and pastures. The old name was Lycoperdon cyathiforme. Cyathiforme, meaning cup-shaped, is suggested by the cup-like base which remains after the dispersion of the spores and threads (capillitium). GENUS BOFISTA In the genus Bovista the rind or peridium opens by an apical mouth, as do the species of Lycoperdon, but the species of Bovista have no sterile base. They are puff- balls of small size, growing in fields and woods. The outer coat is thin and fragile, and scales off at maturity. The inner coat is thin, becoming papery, and then opens by an apical mouth. Bovista plumbea is esteemed a delicacy. It is shaped like a flattened globe, with a smooth, white inner coat, and a lead- coloured outer coat opening by an apical Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Nina L. (Nina Lovering). New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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