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. 



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