Puffballs 



Calostoma lutescens 



Ball or Peridivm — Globular, with a thick, entangled, rooting base. 



Outer Coat or Exoperidium — Dingy yellow, rupturing so as to form 

 a ragged collar at the base, a thin cap on the summit, and 

 small fragments between. The cap is marked on the under 

 side with a vermilion star outlined with yellow. 



Inner Coat or Endoperidium — Smooth, globular. Pale yellow. 



Mouth — With several rays of a bright red colour. 



Footstalk — Thick, of entangled strands finer than those of C. cin- 

 nabarinum. Stem long, yellowish green. 



Spores — Globular, with protuberances. 



Calostoma Ravenelii 



Ball or Peri diu m — Globular, with a thick, entangled, rooting base. 

 Outer Coat or Exoperidium — Cartilaginous, gelatinous. Fragments 



remain upon the inner coat in the form of irregular warts or 



scales. 

 Inner Coat or Endoperidium — Yellowish. Tough when wet, rigid 



when dry. 

 Mouth — Red starred. 

 Footstalk — Short and rooting, composed of mycelial threads netted 



to form cartilaginous cords. 

 Spores — Elliptical, oblong, smooth. 



Calostoma cinnabarinum 



Outer Coat or Exoperidium— ■Vermilion within, breaking at the 



base and sometimes at the apex. 

 Inner Coat or Endoperidium — Yellowish, often slightly vermilion. 



Smooth. 

 Mouth — Rays several. Vermilion. 

 Footstalk — Reddish brown or brownish. 

 Spores — Elliptical oblong, spined or punctured, pale ochre 



yellow. 



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