Lycoperdon

No, not a microscope image of the spaces between my toes but Lycoperdon pyriforme, a tiny version of the Giant Puff-ball so eagerly sought-after on these misty moisty mornings.

Puff The Magic Mushrooms Peter Ashley 2008

They include Boletus xanthacyaneus, Cortinarius boudieri v. pseudoarcuatus, Cortinarius pelargoniobtusus, Lepiota foruignoni and Lycoperdon velatum.

Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland 2008

He looked up his Sowerby to see if it was Lycoperdon coelatum or giganteum — like all his kind since Gilbert White became famous, he Gilbert – Whited.

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

One species, the giant puff-ball (_Lycoperdon giganteum_), often reaches a diameter of thirty to forty centimetres.

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

Outer covering opening by a single mouth Lycoperdon, at the top, puff-ball.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

Dr. Cooke, in his "Handbook of British Fungi," virtually concedes that the spores of the large puff-ball (_Lycoperdon giganteum_), as well as those of mushrooms, truffles, and other edible fungi (those with whose methods of propagation man is best acquainted), may be produced artificially.

Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright

The genus Lycoperdon belongs to this group, and it contains the puff-balls so common in this country.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

There are several genera, but we have selected two -- 1, Lycoperdon; and 2, Earth Star, or Geaster.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

The Puff Ball (_Lycoperdon giganteum bovista_) grows usually on the borders of fields, in orchards, or meadows, also on dry downs, and occasionally in gardens.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

This is not the place for a discussion of the different genera of the puff-balls, etc., but it might be well to say that in recent years the old genus _Lycoperdon_ has been divided into several genera.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886