
          (88.)

Lycoperdon gossypinum. Hist 178.

Cottony puffball. the Clubshaped variety.

Lycoperdon clavatum.

This new Lycoperdon I found growing
on an old Ox's Hoof in a field near Halifax
Aug. 2, 1786.

They sprung in great numbers
from the inside of the hoof, were of a dry
soft and spongy substance. figured like a
pear or club,  I have magnified a specimen
at A, The plant still retains its' figure
and colour but has lost much of its'
quantity.
        