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Agancus f(vtens^ Pers., Syu. 44:3. ) Fetid, Simple-gilled Aga- 



" jf>?jt)(?m?;w,f, Bull., 292. Vric. Woods; July; Caro- 



" merassatus, Sow. ) lina to Peiin. II. W. E. 



Highly acrid ; odor very strong and penetrating, empyreu- 



matic, somewhat resembling that of prussic acid, but exceedingly 



disagreeable. Crypt. Eng. 



M. Roques does not hesitate to place it among the poisonous 

 species. Hist, des Champ. 185. 



Agm^ieus fmratus, D. C. 371 ; Roques, PI. 12, 3. 



" hifidus, Bull., 26. 

 Bussula furcata, Pers., Obs. Myc. 202. 

 Amanita^ Lam. 

 Green Fork-gilled Agaric. S. C. and Penn. II. W. P. 

 The flesh is white and friable, of a nauseous odor, and of a 

 bitter and saline taste. It passes for poisonous. Roques, Hist, 185. 



Agmncus virescens, Pers. ; Berkley, Crypt. Eng. j 

 " furcatus^ va. heterophyllus, Fries. > 



" squalidus, Chev., Fl. Par. 141. ) 



Mild Fork-gilled Agaric. Woods ; July to September. 

 Taste and odor mild. Excellent for food, accordine: to M. 

 Roques, and eaten under the name of '''' verdette^'' but requires to 

 be carefully distinguished from the A. furcatus, and other acrid 

 russulte. Crypt. Eng. 



Agaricus turhinatus, Bull., Champ. 110 ; Fries, Syst. 255 ; 

 Roques, Hist. 292. Grows in autumn, in woods ; N. Carolina. 

 Schw. 



This species, says Roques, is considered edible by some ; but 

 it has neither an agreeable taste nor odor. Champ. Comest. 292. 



Agaricus glohocephalus. 



Cited as poisonous, by Orfila, in his Ti-eatise on Poisons. 



Agaricus torminosus^ Schoetf. 1 



" jwj^^'/'a^w."?, Linn., Succ. 1105. (.Bearded 



" necator ^'RwW. ; Ivoques, Hist. des. Champ. ) 

 Pepper Agaric. Woods, heaths, thickets, borders of fields; 

 June; N. Carolina. Schw, 



Very acrid; l)ut tlie Russians preserve it in salt, and eat it 

 seasoned with oil and vinegar. Roques, Hist, des Champ. 88 ; 



