ISO A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH POISONOUS FUNGI. 



Season. August to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to five inclies across, yellow or yellow-buff, pallid, 

 smooth, polisbed ; expanded, plane, depressed. Cuticle adnate. 

 Margin thin, patent, even at length. 



Stem. Two to three incbes high, white or pallid, stoutish, firm, 

 sub-rugulose or reticulate, equal, naked, blunt. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish, brittle. Stem solid, spongy. 

 Gills pallid, broad, equal, connate, rounded behind, free. Odour- 

 less. Taste acrid. Spores white. 



Ohs. It is poisonous, according to Quetelet, Roussel, and others ; its principle 

 being probably uarcotico-acrid. A species very like it, and commoner, is 

 E. foctens, which smells repulsively and is also acrid. Its qualities are not 

 known.— Tr. D. H. 



(XL.) EUSSULA EUBRA ; The Destroyer. 



Habitat. In shrubberies and thickets of woods. Solitary. 



Season. August to November. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Three or four inclies across, dark vermilion, dry 

 polished, smooth ; convex, then plane, expanding, depressed, even. 

 Margin patent, blunt, even. Cuticle inseparable on disc. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, flushed with red below, 

 enlarged above, stout, hard, rugulose, naked, blunt. 



Section. Flesh white, red under cuticle, compact, thick, of 

 cellular substance. Stem solid. Gills white, crowded, equal, 

 fragile, the ends furcate, obtusely adnate. Odour slight. Taste 

 bitter. Spores white. 



Ohs. This appears to be the most malignant species of the genus. Its 

 principle is irritant like the others, but also seems to have a stronger influence 

 on the nervous system. One or two specimens have been sufficient to kill. 

 Mentioned in chap. ix. — W. D. 11. 



(XLI.) EUSSULA SANGUINEA ; The Sanguine-cap. 



Habitat. Damp sites in woods. Solitary. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches aci'oss, blood-red, dark on disc, 

 smooth, moist, glistening ; rounded, convex, then much depressed 

 irregularly. Cuticle inseparable. Margin thin, sharp, sub-striate. 



Stem. Some two inches high, white, or stained with red, stout, 

 striate, not smooth, nearly equal, naked, blunt. 



Section. Flesh thick, white, cheesy. Stem solid, spongy. Gills 



