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Calostoma Ravenelii

Calostoma Ravenelii

Ball or Peridium - Globular, with a thick, entangled, rooting base.

Outer Coat or Exoperidium - Cartilaginous, gelatinous. Fragments remain upon the inner coat in the form of irregular warts or scales.

Inner Coat or Endoperidium - Yellowish. Tough when wet, rigid when dry.

Mouth - Red starred.

Footstalk - Short and rooting, composed of mycelia threads netted to form cartilaginous cords.

Spores - Elliptical, oblong, smooth.