102 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



gathered and handled it is certainly not 

 enticing as an article of food, and we can 

 hardly suppose any one imaginative enough 

 to believe in its virtues. It is impossible 

 to mistake it for any known edible species, 

 and the only other greenish Agaric to 

 be found in woods is the very fragrant 

 Agaricus odorus, which is never slimy, has 

 no collar to the stem, and possesses a most 

 delightful odour of melilot, which adheres 

 to it to the last. The Green Slimy Caps has 

 the reputation of being poisonous, which is 

 somewhat general on the Continent, but 

 probably this is only assumed from its dis- 

 agreeable taste and repulsive appearance 

 rather than from any active property. 

 Under any circumstances it should be 

 avoided as a very suspicious character. 



