Lycoperdon

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 26

A genus of gasteromycetous fungi. L. bovista, puff-ball, devil's snuff-box. This has been used as a styptic, and is now to some extent employed in nervous diseases. The fumes have been used as an anesthetic. L. giganteum, the giant puff-ball; similar to Z. bovista. L. proteus. See Z. giganteum.