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Lycoperdon cervinum. Hist. 116.
Subterraneous Puffball a naked variety.

Lycop. durus.

This Lycoperdon grew on the bare fallen
Earth in the bottom of an old stone Pit in
Lee Bank Wood.

Tis of an irregular bunched globular
figure, the coat very thick & tough,
the flesh within of a mixed gr<s>a</s>eyish
purple colour, so firm and solid as to
resist a very strong pressure between
ones Hands.

Tis a little pursed on the lower
part, and adheres to the earth by a few
inconsiderable radicles -- it retains a
considerable part of its substance when
dried. 'Tis a rare species in this neighbourhood.
        