Dr. Macbride's Account of the Lycoperdon solidum.
371
I am sorry that I am unable to give any information as to the following particulars:
1. How long the fungus continues to derive support from the juices of the roots out of which it grows, and whether it causes the death of the inferior portion of the root.
2. Whether the Indians knew any method of finding it similar to what is practised by the truffle-hunters in Europe. Tradition says they did.
3. The probable quantity of the fungus produced by a given portion of ground.
Charleston, March 28, 1817.
vol. xii.
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