PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOGAMIC PLANTS. 83 



Agaricus tenacellus. Dark Fir-Cone Agaric ; E". C. Scliw. 

 Taste, very pleasant. 



Aga/ricus stypticus^ Bull. Fries, 188. ] Found in fall, in 

 " semiopetalatus^ Shoeff. ) woods, S. C. ! 



Cited among the poisonous species by Orfila. Traite des Poi- 

 sons, iv. 426, and Le§. de Med. Leg., PI. 184. It has an acrid 

 taste, and when tasted produces constriction of the fauces, which 

 alone indicates its deleterious qualities. Poques, Hist, des 

 Champs. lYl. 



Agm'icus pmmulus^ Scop., Fl. Carn. j Mouceron. — 



" ahellus, Eoques, 16, and Schoeif. > Woods and pas- 



" pallidus, Sowerb. Fung. 143. ) tures. June, Oct. 



It has a firm, white, fleshy, delicious taste and odor, like that of 



fresh meal. Much esteemed on the continent of Europe as an 



article of food. Crypt. Eng. It is dried and much used in 



France. A large price is paid for those obtained near Bareges, 



in France. Poques gives much instruction respecting the various 



modes of preparation. Hist, des Champs. Yen. et Susjject. 245. 



Agaricus squarrosus, Chevallier, Fl. Par. 211. 



Found in 

 autumn, in 



A  -r. n ir^nn ~r, ' ori . "^ WOOdS. A. S 



Agai'tcus squcmiosus, Bull. 26o ; iioques, 294. 

 " Jloccosus, Shoeff. 61. 



According to Chevallier, it has the taste and odor of the edi- 

 ble species. Koques' Hist, des Champs. 293. 



of Pers. in I^. 

 Carolina. 



Agaricus rhodopoUus, Fries. | Dull Rose-gilled 



" hydrogra7nmus, Bull., PL Ven. f Agaric. 



Odor strong, sometimes resembling that of nitric acid. Crypt. 

 Eng. 



Agaricus rimosus, Bull., Champ. 388 ; Roques, 273 ; D. C, 

 Fl. Fr. 517. N. Carolina to Pa. Aurivenius Batsch., Cont. i. 



107. 



Prof. Balbis reports that a whole family was poisoned at Turin 

 by eating this plant, if we can rely upon the identity of the spe- 

 cies. Roques' Hist, des Champs. Ven. 273. 



