PURPLE r.K"\\ S SPORED \<. LRU 



Hypholoma sublateritium is regarded as poisonous ill Europe. 

 h is sometimes bitter, and on tliis account alone, like man> other 

 fungi, has probably been wrongly labeled. Our Club members have 

 occasionally found the "Bricktops" and others inedible, on account 

 of taste. Kobert states thai the "Falscher Stockschwamm," 

 //. fasciculare, is aot edible. Kunkel says it maj be poisonous bul 

 imi very. //. instratum and Psilocybe cernua both produce acute 

 intoxication in guinea pigs, fatal in three days. Internal and 

 subserous hemorrhages and enlarged glands were fourid postmortem. 

 i Mnii-liiihi esculent a, the Morel, produces similar findings). Edible 

 properties are no1 recorded. N" fatalities in man have been referred 

 to Sypholoma and there are many edible speci< 



Agaricus or Psalliota — the meadow mushroom family contains 

 the niiisi famous and must soughl edibles, ;i number of species. 



Any one who knows of ili«" \\ Is-inhabiting species in the genus 



would probably know and avoid the deadly Amanitas growing 

 among them. Though they do occur, it is rery rare for the dai c 



nus white Amanitas to gel ou1 into tl peE grassy haunts of 



Agaricus ciinijn siris and Lepiota naucina. But no one should 

 rely on usual habitat ;is his safeguard. 1 1 • - should know well the 

 appearances in detail of the plant he may safely nse. We know 

 that two of our Michigan fatalities were due to children wander 

 ing into the woods and adding imanita phalloides to "the 

 meadows" they had collected, and three other Michigan deaths 

 were caused by mistaking the "Destroying Angel" for hep 

 naucina. 



