. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. s absorption of moisture from the air; Gr. liugros, moisture, metron, a measure) a b c. Ex. 7- to 20-segmented, harsh and horny, vinous-brown, yellowish-brown outside, rigidly inflexed when dry, and often cracked allover. End. ovato-globose in section, floccose, crimson-brownor purple-lavender, stoma irregularly torn. Col. crimson-brown. On the ground. Woods, pine. Diam. of expanded Ex. 2\ in. CXV. LYC0PERD0N L. (From an old belief
. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes ; a descriptive catalogue of the drawings and specimens in the Department of botany, British museum. s absorption of moisture from the air; Gr. liugros, moisture, metron, a measure) a b c. Ex. 7- to 20-segmented, harsh and horny, vinous-brown, yellowish-brown outside, rigidly inflexed when dry, and often cracked allover. End. ovato-globose in section, floccose, crimson-brownor purple-lavender, stoma irregularly torn. Col. crimson-brown. On the ground. Woods, pine. Diam. of expanded Ex. 2\ in. CXV. LYC0PERD0N L. (From an old belief that puff-balls grew from the dung of the wolf; Gr. lu&os, a wolf, perdoni dung.) Peridium double, external layer or cortex becoming broken upinto spine-like tufts or warts, inner layer smooth dehiscing by a small 472 LYCOPERDACEjE Lycoperdon apical stoma; the whole of the upper portion being sometimesevanescent. Sterile base usually stem-like. (Fig. 131.) The species are remarkable for their variability in size, verysmall mature examples of all the species being frequent. They arepopularly named Puff-balls and Devils Fig. 131.—A, B, Lycoperdon echinatum Pers., young plant entire and mature plant in natural size, c, spores. X 750. d, e, L. pyriforme Schaeff., entire and in natural size, f, spores and threads of capillitium. X 750. G, section through cortexof L. gemmatum Batsch X 5; h, outer scurfy coat; J, inner coat; K, thin membrane overgleba; l, gleba. Some of the species are dangerous if eaten in a raw state; rapidinflammation of the throat and a greatly swollen tongue have beenknown to ensue. This is probably also true of species of Bovista. Species 2063—2077Spores rough. 2063—2068 Spores smooth. 2069—2077 2063. L. echinatum Pers. (from the hedgehog-like spines of the peridium ; echitms, a hedgehog) a b globose, usually passing into a stout stem, sometimes stem-less, at first covered with large pyramidal flocco
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