. A text-book of mycology and plant pathology . Plant diseases; Fungi in agriculture; Plant diseases; Fungi. 242 MYCOLOGY to October. It is an extremely variable species, Lycoperdon gemma- lum, an olive-siiored species, has a turbinate shape, its outer peridium being marked with long, thick, erect spines, or warts of irregular shape with intervening smaller ones, whitish, or gray in color. The larger spines fall away first imparting to the surface of the peridium a reticu- late appearance. It often grows cespitosely on the ground, or rotten tree trunks in woodlands. Lycoperdon pyriforme is ano
. A text-book of mycology and plant pathology . Plant diseases; Fungi in agriculture; Plant diseases; Fungi. 242 MYCOLOGY to October. It is an extremely variable species, Lycoperdon gemma- lum, an olive-siiored species, has a turbinate shape, its outer peridium being marked with long, thick, erect spines, or warts of irregular shape with intervening smaller ones, whitish, or gray in color. The larger spines fall away first imparting to the surface of the peridium a reticu- late appearance. It often grows cespitosely on the ground, or rotten tree trunks in woodlands. Lycoperdon pyriforme is another common species found in woods and on the ground, or on decaying wood. It is edible, tender and of second-class flavor when Fig. 96.—Fruil-bociy of cyaliiifonnis. (Pholo. by It'- U. U'ahnsUy.) The largest puff-balls arc i; in the genus Cahatia (Fig. 96), which differs from Lycoperdon- \\\ the absence of an apical mouth and a regular dehiscence. The fruit bodies are globose, or top-shaped, aris- ing on the surface of the ground from subterranean, cord-like hyphae. Cahatia cyathiformis (Fig. 96) which is edible, if eaten when white in- side, grows in open grassy fields and lawns and reaches a diameter of three to six inches. Cahatia gigantea, the giant puff-ball, grows in pastures and meadows. Usually the fruit bodies are ten to twenty inches in diameter and even larger. The genus Bovisla has a fragile. 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 Harshberger, John W. (John William), 1869-1929. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son & Co
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