The pear-shaped puff-ball has
little fibrous rootlets, and the plants grow in crowds on decaying
trees.
+GEASTER HYGROMETRICUS = moisture, measure.+
+The Wandering Earth Star.+
This earth star is from 2 to 3 1/2 inches wide. It is sessile, of a
brownish color, and changes its form accordingly as the weather is moist
or dry, hence the name. It is contracted and round in dry weather, and
star-like in damp atmosphere, with its lobes stretched out on the earth.
The covering consists of three layers, the two outermost split from the
top into several acute divisions, which spread out like the points of a
star. The innermost layer is round and attached by the base. There are
one or more openings at the top for the escape of the spores.
+PHALLUS IMPUDICUS = disgusting.+
+The Fetid Wood Witch.+
In the first stages the plant is white, soft and heavy, in shape and
size like a hen's egg. It is covered by three layers, the outer one
firm, the middle one gelatinous, the third and inner one consists of a
thin membrane.
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