BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
LYCOPERDACEAE
(puffballs)
Vascellum pratense
(Meadow Puffball)
Record
Vascellum pratense
is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes
(via Lycoperdaceae)
Macromycetes
(via Agaricales)
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

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Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, 1962 (Meadow Puffball)

Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, 1962 (Meadow Puffball), Spores - highly magnified

10. Spores - highly magnified (4)

Photography

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Magnification microscope photograph microscope photograph
Stained with Melzer's Iodine
Mounted in Melzer's Iodine
Malcolm Storey Canon EOS10D digital SLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 72.
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Record info

Date: 28 September 2004
OS grid ref: SX76
Lat/Lon: 50° 30' N, 3° 50' W
Location: Vice County: South Devon, VC3, England
Voucher: 28/09/2004[G]
Stage or state: Fruitbody
Record Summary: 15 old fruitbodies on and around old compost heap

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