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MUSHROOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



brown. This species is very hard to distinguish from Wrightii. It was once called 

 separaiis because of the fact that the outer coat separates, or peels off, so readily 

 from the inner peridium. Found in open woods, or along paths in open woods 

 or pastures. 



From July to October. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 

 FIGURE 467. Lycoperdon cruciatum. 



Lycopcrdon Wrightii. B. & C. 

 Edible. 



The specific name is in honor of Charles Wright. The peridium is globe-like, 

 sessile, white, minutely spinulose, often converging at the apex; when denuded, 

 smooth or minutely velvety. 



The spores and capillitium greenish-yellow, then brown-olive; the columella 

 present, but very small. Spores small, smooth, 3-4^. 



The plants are very small, scarcely more than two cm. in diameter. They 

 are generally csespitose in short grass, along paths, and in sandy places. 



I have frequently seen the ground white with them on Cemetery Hill where 

 the specimens in Figure 468 were found. They were photographed by Dr. 

 Kellerman. Found from July to the last of October. 



