PINK SPORED Mi u:i' 



The Dumber of genera la small and Borne mycolo would avoid 



eating all species of the section. The common i'.i v • »i-i t .- Plutt 



<■/ >■ rin us, or "fawn mushroom," baa caused disturbance several 

 limes, attended by Dumbness and tingling in the extremities, aiild 



general discomforl and an urticarial rash. Dr. Whetsl • (Minne 



sota) has a record of the case of poisoning of an [owa physician, 

 attended by abdominal pain, oausea, and vomiting < ■< » 1 1 1 i n lt on three 

 tours after eating. Cases like tlii^ should aiake one besitate to 

 recommend almost any species to the uninitiated. 



THE GENUS ENTOLOM I 



All species of Entoloma should in- avoided by the mycophagist. 

 They are seldom used. Warren says thai you cannol cook tin' raw 

 taste "in lit' them. Vomiting, diarrhea, tenesmus, mental and 

 physical depression are credited i" them bul no deaths. 8ii Bpe 

 examined by Ford ad identically, producing fatal chronic intoxi- 

 cation in guinea pigs or rabbits— sometimes in both. They vary 

 somewhat in agglutinins and have no hemolysins. [E. aalmoneum, 

 /.'. siriciins, /■;. cuspidatum, /.". nidorosum, /.'. rhodopolium, /". 

 sininit 111,1 or E. fertile.) /.'. grande \< under suspicion. 11 E. mode* 

 turn ;iinl E. subtruncatwm were aegativ( 



/:. fertih {sinuatum)- 'i '•/.. nearly killed W. <;. Smith (Steven 

 son. Vol I'. Ii "harbors ;i virulent poison." The genua may have 

 its own poison. ;is Amanita. According t" i recenl collection 

 c;ises l»y S;u-t(ny" in Prance /.'. lividum is an extremely dangerous 

 fungus, causing severe illness, and occasionally death. 1 1 • - beli< 

 that E. lividum is Dearly ;i^ poisonous -i- some forma of i. /</"// 

 Innlis. Butignot refers four cases of violent illm->> to it. though 

 but f<-u specimens were in tin- mixture eaten. Vomiting and 

 abdominal pain, sweating and ;i vile diarrhea ivere tin- result. 



