THALLOGENS. eee : FUNGALS. 
Habitat. Pastures and lawns, where it grows in irregular circles. 
Quality. Nutritious, stimulant, rather fragrant. ee 
Uses, Frequently strung on thread, dried in the shade, and pounded, as an addition to 
sauces, 
Amanita. Greville. 
Pileus bearing on the under side vertical, unequal plates, forming an 
hymenium. Veil double ; the outer covering the whole plant when 
-- young. 
1. A. muscaria Greville.—(Fiy Acaric.) Fig. 11. 
Pileus bright orange red, warted, striated at the edge ; gills white ; stipe 
bulbous. 
Habitat, Woods, especially of Fir and Birch, 
Quality. Narcotic, poisonous. : 
Uses. Produces intoxication and delirium, The infusion employed to Kill flies, 
10 
-. Fig. 10.—Lycoperdon g ; 11. Amanita musearia ; 12. a piece of Polyporus igniarius i? 
on wood; 13, Helvella crispa; 14, Tuber cibarium; 15. Morchella esculenta, 2 
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