84 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



interest was excited, a few years since, by 

 the announcement of the discovery that the 

 hypodermic injection of atropine was a 

 successful antidote to poisoning by mus- 

 carine or amanitine. Although we have 

 been informed of successful applications 

 of this antidote, it has latterly been 

 declared, on medical authority, to be uncer- 

 tain in its effects. It is better therefore to 

 study the prevention rather than the cure, 

 and to warn all eaters of toadstools against 

 experiments with the brilliant Fly Mush- 

 room. It is safest to be always upon 

 guard, and not to eat any of the brightly- 

 coloured species, especially the red, of 

 which there are a considerable number to 

 be found in the autumn. 



