Figure 468.—Lycoperdon Wrightii. Natural size.
The specific name is in honor of Charles Wright. The peridium is globe-like, sessile, white, minutely spinulose, often converging at the apex; when denuded, smooth or minutely velvety.
The spores and capillitium greenish-yellow, then brown-olive; the columella present, but very small. Spores small, smooth, 3–4µ.
The plants are very small, scarcely more than two cm. in diameter. They are generally cæspitose in short grass, along paths, and in sandy places.
I have frequently seen the ground white with them on Cemetery Hill where the specimens in Figure 468 were found. They were photographed by Dr. Kellerman. Found from July to the last of October.
Lycoperdon pyriforme. Schaeff.
The Pear-Shaped Puffball. Edible.