BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Lycoperdon echinatum Pers., 1797 (Spiny Or Hedgehog Puffball)

Date: 7 October 2001
Location: East Gloucestershire, England
State: Fruitbody
Identification Notes: Spores: 4-5µm diam, warty.
(The apparent pores in the capillitium seem to be air bubbles.)

Images etc

naked eye photograph Fruitbody - side view 356 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Peridial spines - magnified 400 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Peridial spines - magnified 400 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Peridial spines - top of stalk - enlarged 82 Kb 434 by 417 pixels
naked eye photograph Peridial surface - enlarged 375 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Peridial surface - top of fruitbody - magnified 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Capillitium and spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Capillitium and spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Capillitum 44 Kb 427 by 341 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 500 by 400 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 36 Kb 427 by 341 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 55 Kb 427 by 341 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 54 Kb 427 by 341 pixels

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