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GIANT PUFF-BALL [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Fungi and Myxomycetes
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- giant puffball
1, record 1, English, giant%20puffball
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- giant puff-ball 2, record 1, English, giant%20puff%2Dball
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A mushroom of the family Lycoperdaceae. 3, record 1, English, - giant%20puffball
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Huge, white, smooth sphere, cracking irregularly at maturity; interior white, becoming yellowish-green to brownish. 1, record 1, English, - giant%20puffball
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Mushroom: (20-50 cm) wide, sometimes larger; round or nearly so, with rootlike attachment; smooth, kidlike, cracking irregularly; no pore formed at the top; white. Spore mass white, becoming yellow-green to greenish-brown; no sterile base evident. Spores round, smooth to minutely warted greenish-brown. 4, record 1, English, - giant%20puffball
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Champignons et myxomycètes
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- vesse-de-loup géante
1, record 1, French, vesse%2Dde%2Dloup%20g%C3%A9ante
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Champignon de la famille des Lycoperdaceae. 2, record 1, French, - vesse%2Dde%2Dloup%20g%C3%A9ante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Carpophore (20 à 50 cm) globuleux, ellipsoïde ou un peu aplati ou déprimé, sessile et relié au sol par un cordonnet, à cuticule blanche, lisse ou feutrée se craquelant, enfin caduque et exposant une pellicule mince, blanche, puis jaunâtre ou fuligineuse, fragile, sans pore sommital. Chair uniforme blanche, assez ferme au début, puis molle, à odeur et saveur agréable, puis graduellement jaunâtre-olivâtre, enfin pulvérulente et brun foncé, à odeur désagréable. Sporée jaune fauvâtre. 3, record 1, French, - vesse%2Dde%2Dloup%20g%C3%A9ante
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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