. Nature and development of plants. Botany. 266 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUFF BALLS The remaining orders of Basidiomycetes are characterized by the concealnaent of the basidia in cavities and are for this reason collectively known as the Gasteromycetes, meaning stomach fungi. Among the more common orders may be mentioned: 98. Order d. Lycoperdales or Puff Balls.—^These familiar. Fig. 174. Cluster of common puffballs, Lycoperdon. At left three older ones have opened, permitting discharge of basidiospores. ' fungi are developed, as in the Agaricales, on strands of the mycelium, which often form ex
. Nature and development of plants. Botany. 266 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUFF BALLS The remaining orders of Basidiomycetes are characterized by the concealnaent of the basidia in cavities and are for this reason collectively known as the Gasteromycetes, meaning stomach fungi. Among the more common orders may be mentioned: 98. Order d. Lycoperdales or Puff Balls.—^These familiar. Fig. 174. Cluster of common puffballs, Lycoperdon. At left three older ones have opened, permitting discharge of basidiospores. ' fungi are developed, as in the Agaricales, on strands of the mycelium, which often form extensive net-like threads in rot- ten stumps, logs, sawdust and humus (Fig. 174). The puffballs vary in size from a pea to over a foot in diameter. When young, they consist of white cheesy masses of hyphae which form in. 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 Curtis, Carlton Clarence, 1864-1945. New York, H. Holt
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