Badhamia nitens

Peridium double, with an outer calcareous yellow layer, very fragile, with abundant calcium carbonate deposits giving a rugose appearance, and an inner thin, membranous, hyaline layer.

Columella absent.

Capillitium white to pale yellow, formed by irregular calcified tubules.

Spores brown, clustered in balls of 4 to 20 units that readily dissociate, subglobose to pyriform, ornamented with prominent fine spines.

Herbarium material available: JTP2761/26.