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LYCOPERDON COELATUM LYCOPERDON GEMMATUM (edible) Date: 1876
Water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatileWater horsetail or swamp horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile, Equiseto dei fiumi, Coda di cavallo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze
Fossils of extinct marine creaturesFossil of extinct demosponge Verticillites 1, Rubula soldanii 2, and Nubecularia lucifuga 3. Verticillite crecateo d Ellis, Rubula del Soldani, Nubecularia lucifuga
Puffball and earthstar mushroomsSpiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, earthball, Scleroderma citrinum (Scleroderma vulgare), fringed earthstar, Geaster fimbriatus and Tulostoma fimbriatum (Tulostoma granulosum)
Puffball mushroomsFluted birds nest, Cyathus striatus, spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum (Lycoperdon gemmatum), Lycoperdon piriforme, giant pasture puffball, Mycenastrum corium, and paltry puffball
Puffball or puff-fist, Bovista plumbea (Lycoperdon bovista). Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852
Giant puffball, common puffball and pestle puffballGiant puffball, Calvatia gigantea (Lycoperdon giganteum), common puffball, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and pestle puffball, Handkea excipuliformis (Lycoperdon saccatum)
Curtis British Entomology Plate 355Coleoptera: Lycoperdina bovistae (Puff-ball Beetle) [Plant: Bovista plumbea (Lycoperdon bovista, Puff-ball or Bull-fist)] Date: 1824-39
Curtis British Entomology Plate 251Coleoptera: Leiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle) [Plant: Tuber, cf. aestivum (Tuber cibarium = Lycoperdon tuber, Truffle)] Date: 1824-39
Spiny puffball, Lycoperdon echinatum, and earthball, Scleroderma verrucosum, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890
Devils snuffbox, Lycoperdon gemmatum, and spiny puffball, L. echinatum.. Chromolithograph from Leon Dufours Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux (1891)
Lycoperdon coliformePlate 1 from Drawings of Submerged Algae (1800) by Mary Dawson Turner. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lycoperdon / VariousLYCOPERDON a.Giganteum b.Caelatum c.Perlatum d.Bovista nigrescens
Mushrooms Walsh 12-18Varieties of mushroom: the three poisonous items are labelled in green