September 24.
In Wood Thrush Path at Flint's Pond, a great many of the geiropodium fungus now shed their dust.
When closed it is a roundish or conical orange-colored fungus three quarters of an inch in diameter, covered with a mucilaginous matter.
When closed it is a roundish or conical orange-colored fungus three quarters of an inch in diameter, covered with a mucilaginous matter.
it is pink-red inside and the thick outer skin of many have already curled back (it splits into segments and curls parallel to the axis of the plant) to reveal the pinkish fawn-colored puffball capped with a red dimple or crown.
This is a hollow bag. When you touch it, it spurts forth a yellowish-white powder three or four inches through its orifice.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, September 24, 1860
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