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the common Hydnum (repandum), -wliicli has the same color. 

 Hist, des Champs. Yen. 197. 



Agaricus deUciosus, L., Suec. 120 ; Pers., Syn. 432 ; Eoques. 

 Zactarius of recenthotanists. Orange-Milked Agaric. Fir woods ; 

 Sejitember and October ; S. Carolina ! to Penn, 



Odor and taste agreeable, like that of cmitharellus ciharius, 

 but slightly acrid. From the account given by M. Roques, it 

 wonld seem that this agaric, however delicious, is not always to 

 be eaten with impunity, or that the species which is found in the 

 north of Europe is different. I have always found the milk acrid. 

 Crypt. Eng. Orfila, in his Traite des Poisons, describes a pois- 

 onous species under A. acris, Bull. Le§. de Med. Leg., PI. 18, 

 fig. 3. 



M. Dufresnoi mentions it as a remedy for tuberculous 

 phthisis. He mixes three drachms of the powder in an opiate 

 made of a half-ounce of conserve of roses, two drachms of sperma- 

 ceti, the same of washed sulphur, mixed in syrup of Milfoil. He 

 assures us that the use of this electuary, of which a person can 

 take a piece the size of a grape during the da}^, continued for 

 some time under suitable regimen, cured more than thirty cases 

 of phthisis tuberculosis (Mat. Med. Indig. par Coste et Yillemet, 

 91). A person in experimenting with it might give, Merat adds, 

 the powder mixed simply with honey. M. & De Lens' Diet, de 

 M. M. i. 104. 



Poques says that the mushroom eaten in Germany under the 

 name of Heitzker^ has a piquant taste, and contains a mucilagi- 

 nous principle very abundant, which announces its nutritive 

 qualities. Plenk says it is excellent as a ragout. The Germans 

 preserve it in vinegar for winter use. It was owing to the pos- 

 session of this mucilage, that Dufresnoi praised it as a remedy in 

 pectoral affections. 



Aga/ricus volemum^ Fr. \ Milk-red, Milky 



" ruher^ Tratt., Fung. Aust. >■ Agaric. Woods ; July, 

 " lactifluus, Schoeif. ) Aug. S. C. ! and N. C. 



Lactarius of more recent botanists. 



It is pronounced by Trattinnick excellent for food, if properly 

 prepared ; but very unwliolesome, if not sufficiently stowed. M. 

 Roques' account, if in the cases he mentions there was no mis- 

 take as to the species, is even more unfavorable. 



