Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 253. Lycoperdon gemmatum. The commonest puff-ball is the mealy puff-ball,Lycoperdon gemmatum, which has its surface coveredwith mealy warts, and when these are rubbed offthe scars are seen to be symmetrically arranged inhexagonal forms. This puff-ball is at times borneupon a long stem, but more commonly it is only nar-rowed downwards, and in size varies from one inchto three inches in diameter. If a section be cutthrough a specimen lengthwise before the spores arequite mature,
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 253. Lycoperdon gemmatum. The commonest puff-ball is the mealy puff-ball,Lycoperdon gemmatum, which has its surface coveredwith mealy warts, and when these are rubbed offthe scars are seen to be symmetrically arranged inhexagonal forms. This puff-ball is at times borneupon a long stem, but more commonly it is only nar-rowed downwards, and in size varies from one inchto three inches in diameter. If a section be cutthrough a specimen lengthwise before the spores arequite mature, a kind of column may be seen projectedupwards in the centre, and which is not to be foundin Lycoperdon saccatum. The spores, moreover, areyellowish, or almost of the colour of Scotch snuff,small and smooth under the Fig. 254. Lycoperdon pyri/orme. The pear-shaped puff-ball, Lycoperdon pyn-forme, delights most in old decayed stumps. As itsname indicates, it has somewhat a pear-shape, and itssurface, though at first covered with minute scurfyscales, is not scarred by them, and is quite smoothwhen they fall away. As in the common or mealypuff-ball, this species has] a projection rising up in 272 HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. [Dec. ], 1866. the centre of the receptacle, which ill this instancehas a conical shape. The spores are greenish-yellow,small and smooth. One other species, and we have done. This is thelittle puff-ball, Lycoperdonpii sill urn, which is foundin pastures, or on hedge-banks, but which we arefain to believe is not at all common. It does notexceed an inch in diameter, is almost globose, orperhaps top-shaped, and has olive spores.
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