Agaricacese 



Lepiota. at which nothing indigestible was eaten) she experienced a peculiar 

 numbness and nausea, with constriction of the throat. Vomiting set in 

 within half an hour and was excessive, lasting several hours and giving 

 no relief. She was very greatly weakened and thought herself dying, 

 being so reduced at one time that she was unable to see. Purging set 

 in not long after the vomiting. The constriction of the throat did not 

 disappear until after the vomiting stopped. 



"Whisky and nitroglycerine (by the stomach) were given to keep 

 up the heart's action. 



"It seems probable that the poison itself did not directly affect the 

 heart, but that the alarming weakness was due to the vomiting and 

 purging. That is my mother's own opinion. After being in bed for a 

 day she was able to get around, but suffered considerable pain in the 

 abdomen for forty-eight hours. 



" I presume that owing to the fact that my mother is not very strong 

 and has a weak stomach, she was more violently affected than many 

 might be. But a poison that in any person can produce such symp- 

 toms, when taken in so small a quantity, ought to be labeled decidedly 

 dangerous. 



"There can be no question that the specimens were L. Morgani, as 

 I examined some that were left of those picked, and also gathered 

 others from the same patch where these were obtained. 



"As everything relating to mushroom poisoning should be of interest 

 to the mycologist and mycophagist, I take the liberty of reporting this 

 case." 



The Lepiota Morgani appears to be spreading. In 1901 I found 

 large specimens of it outside a stable in Lebanon, Pa. Its appearance 

 and luxuriance are so much in its favor, that the toadstool lover will be 

 tempted to try it. Experiments in eating it should be conducted with 

 the greatest caution. 



Lepiota clypeolaria( Bull.) Fr. Shield Lepiota. (Plate II.) Pileus 

 thin, soft, convex or subcampanulate, becoming nearly plane, obtuse or 

 umbonate, squamose, whitish or yellowish, the center or umbo smooth, 

 yellowish or brownish, the margin often appendiculate with fragments of 

 the veil. Flesh white. Lamellae thin, close, free, white. Stem slender, 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, hollow, fragile, pallid, adorned with 



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