THE PUFFBAILS 



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Lycopcrdon subincarnatum. Pk. 

 The Pinkish Pueebael. Edible. 



Subincarnatum means pale flesh-color. The peridium is globe-shaped, sessile, 

 without a stem-like base. Not large, rarely over one inch in diameter. The 

 subgleba is present but small. The outer peridium is pinkish-brown, with minute 

 short, stout spinules, which fall away at maturity, leaving- the inner ash-colored 

 peridium neatly pitted by the falling - off of the spinules of the outer coat,, the 

 pits not being surrounded by dotted lines. The capillitium and spores are first 

 greenish-yellow, then brownish-olive. The threads are long, simple, and trans- 

 parent. The columella is present and the spores are round and minutely warted. 



They are often found in abundance on decayed logs, old stumps, and on the 

 ground about stumps where the ground is especially full of decayed wood. They 

 are found from August to October. 



Figure 466.- Eycoperdon subincarnatum. 



Lycoperdon cruciatum. Roth. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 



Peridium broadly ovate, often much depressed, plicate underneath, with a 

 cord-like root,; cortex a dense white coat of convergent spines, which at maturity 

 peel off in flakes, as can be seen in the photograph, revealing a thin furfuraceous 

 layer of minute yellowish scales covering the inner peridium. The subgleba broad, 

 occupying about one-third of the cavity. The spores and capillitium are dark- 



