MUSHROOM GROWING 



aurea, the golden coral fungus, C. flava, 

 also yellowish in color, C formosa, some- 

 what ochraceous, and C. cristafa, whitish to 

 buff in color, are among the commoner con- 

 spicuous forms. The two first mentioned 

 are the more fragile and tender. 



Puff Balls, LYCOPERDACEiE 



The puff balls are so different in general 

 form and structure from the families already 

 discussed that they may be identified with 

 comparative ease. They are commonly 

 more or less spheroidal or ovate in form, and 

 when young they are white and solid 

 throughout. Within the walls of the solid 

 sporophore practically all of the tissues dif- 

 ferentiate, at maturity, into a mass of count- 

 less, dry, colored spores, together with some 

 spongy remains of the hyphal tissues, — in 

 some cases literally into a puff of powder, 

 or ''snuff box." Some of the smaller puff 

 balls develop at maturity a mouth, or open- 

 ing at the apex; and these afford moments 



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