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.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, 1962 (Meadow Puffball) 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] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) Stage or 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 standard photographs and close-ups microscope photographs << Click on a thumbnail

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