A, 
BOVISTA. 
(LYCOPERDON BOVISTA.* ) 
Puff-ball. Mollypuf. Puff-ist. 
SyvoyyMs.—Lycoperdon bovista, Linn, Lycop. celatum, Fries. Lycop. glo- 
bosum, Bolton, Fung. Hal. Bovista nigrescens, Pers. Synop. Fungi. Crepitus 
lupi, Matthiol, Fungus ovatus. 
Forrian Names.—Fy.: Boviste, Vesse loup, Vesse de loup des bouviers. 
Germ.: Wolfsrauch, Kugelschwamm, Rauchpitz, Der Staubschwamm. Dut.: 
Stuifzwamm. Jtal.: Licoperdo. Span.: Licoperdo. Dan.: Storsvam. Swed.: 
Klotsvamp. 
Nat. Order, Funct (Mycetss), Tribus GASTERONYCETES, 
CryPToGAMIA—FunGI. 
Gey. Cuar.— Fungus roundish, fleshy, opening at the top, full of powdery, 
impalpable seeds. 3 
Spec. Cuar.—Stemless, white, changing to black; a regular globe, with: 
only two coats. 
History.—There is no notice of this fungus being used as a 
medicine by the old physicians, although it is mentioned by 
Pliny (Nat. Hist., c. xix., Holland’s Trans.) ‘In these toad- 
stools of the mushroom kind, are those flat tuffes or puffes to be 
reckoned which the Greeks name Perzite, as they have no 
toot at all, so they be altogether without either stele or taste.” 
It had an early reputation, and became a popular remedy for all 
Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The fungus in different stages of its growth. 
* The name is derived from Avxos, a wolf; and mep8w, to explode backwards. 
Bovista, from the German Bofist. 
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