MUSHROOM POISONING B61 



]'>. si /, ii r ii iis : An agglutinin requiring boiling f"i it> destruc 

 t ion . non-toxic. Edible, Alcllvaine and Bard. 



Ii. ravanelli seems to be Bafe bul oot tested i»\ actual u 



/>'. mi n urn , similar to />'. Heparans. Dietic properties unknown. 



/>'. niiiiiuiii nli ruci us Bhould be regarded with suspicion because 

 the reporl on its var. sensibilia (beloM I. Ford' 1 finds ii to contain 

 :i heal resistant agglutinin and to be poisonous to guinea pigs by 

 chronic emaciation. Rabbits were aol affected. So evidence ■>! 

 muscarin. (Compare Vlitocybi dealbata vers I idorifica.) 



Ii. pachypus has a bitter taste and ;i bed-bug odo A case of 



poisoning which Bockauf \\ • * 1 1 1 « 1 refer to cheese, has been credited 

 to ii. Murrill adds /•'. ferruginatus, /»'. easttcoodiae, /•'. 

 (edible, Peck), B. morrtesi, and /»'. rubinellus to i he uncertain or sue 

 pected. Fabre, in ;i chapter on insects and mushrooms, (Lif< 

 the Fly), records thai his peasants eal />'. satanus and other doubt- 

 ful species .liter boiling them in sail water and rinsing. 



Unh ins miniato-olivaceus var. sensibilis. It will he seen from 

 the above that our opinions on some species of Boletus 

 much at variance. The following case illustrates how effectively 

 a student of mycology can add to our knowledge 1>\ following ii/> 

 thoroughly, '///'/ reporting cases of poisoning. Collins 59 records 

 that a certain Boletus — found to agree with the erroneously figured 

 edible />'. subtomentosus in Palmer's "Mushrooms of America" 

 was broiled ami eaten for breakfast. Three persons ate sparingly 

 ami two ate freely. In two hours vomiting and then purging, with 

 collapse calling for brandy ami ether subcutaneously in on< 

 with narrowing or closing of the field of vision, coldness and 

 helplessness, came on. There was no vertigo, headache nor acute 

 pain. The action was mostly thai of an irritant. Coffee was the 

 principal stimulant used. One patienl did not recover fulh 

 several weeks. Fresh Boletus specimens were soon secured from 

 the original spol ami again one year later. These were identified 



bV PeCk ;l- B, nlilliilh, nliiilii us \;ir. si nsihilis. 



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This fungus is id so know n ,^ Helvetia esculenta. the false Morel, 

 ami the Lorchel. Our Michigan species maj include i, brunnea. 

 Dispute -till rages around this fungus ami this is chai mtic 



of ;i species thai contains .1 minor poison or an Inconstant 

 ,,],,. ( , r one thai affects onlj .1 few individuals and these only 



