BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, 1962 (Meadow Puffball)
| Date: | 28 September 2004 |
| Location: | South Devon, England |
| Voucher: | 28/09/2004[G] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
| State: | Fruitbody |
| Record Summary: | 15 old fruitbodies on and around old compost heap |
| Identification Notes: | Mature gasterocarps without polygonal pattern. Sterile base well developed, macroscopically cellular, with diaphragm towards outside. Spores: globose, 2-3.5µm diam, almost smooth (a few small warts - far less than shown in Pegler et al), with short stubby apiculus. Paracapillitium: thin-walled, septate, branched, 2.5-5µm wide |
Images etc
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Old fruitbody - in situ - top view | 500 by 449 pixels | ||
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Old fruitbody - in situ - top view | 500 by 451 pixels | ||
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Old fruitbody - side view | 485 by 500 pixels | ||
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Old fruitbody - side view | 478 by 500 pixels | ||
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Paracapillitium - highly magnified | 500 by 180 pixels | ||
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Paracapillitium - highly magnified | 464 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - highly magnified | 483 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores - highly magnified | 500 by 448 pixels | ||
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Spores - highly magnified | 500 by 475 pixels | ||
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Spores - highly magnified | 486 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores and paracapillitium - magnified | 492 by 500 pixels | ||
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Spores and paracapillitium - magnified | 500 by 460 pixels | ||
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Spores and paracapillitium - highly magnified | 21 Kb | 291 by 316 pixels |
