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Agaricus sanguine^is. 



Orfila cites tliis among the poisonous species. 



Ag(wicus jpersonatus^ Fries. \ Variable, Blue-stem'd 



" 5 wZJosw5, Hnds.jFl.Ang. >• Agaric. Pastures, Oct. 



" molacens, Sow., 209. ) Jan. ; S. C. ! and K. C. 



Sold, according to Sowerby, in Covent Garden Market under 



the name of Bleioitts. Crypt. Eng. Orfila, under Amanita and 



Agaricus hulbosus^ describes several poisonous species. 



Agaricus violaceus, Linn., Fl. Suec. 448 ; Bull., 598 ; Roques, 



Hist. 291. 

 " hercynicus, Pers., Syn. 278. 

 Found in autumn, in woods ; N. C. to Penn. II. W. P., 

 Schw. 



Flesh is white, tinged with violet, and of a sufficiently agree- 

 able taste, but odor rather strong. Roques does not hesitate to 

 place it among the edible species. Micheli says it is eaten in 

 Tuscany. Roques, Hist, des Champs, 292. 



Agaricus alutaceus, Pers., Syn. 

 " pectinaceus, Bull. 

 " aurakis, With. 

 " campanulatus, Pers. 



Taste mild, pleasant, acrid when old. " By common consent 

 pronounced esculent; but individual specimens occur which 

 prove almost as acrid as A. emeticus.^'' Crypt. Eng. 



Christison cites from the Lond. Med. and Phys. Journ. xxxvi. 

 451, as a good instance of pure narcotism, the following case : A 

 man gathered in Hyde Park a considerable number of the -4(7. 

 campanulatus, by mistake for the A. camjyestris, stewed them, 

 and proceeded to eat them ; l)ut before ending his repast, and 

 not above ten minutes after he began it, lie was suddenly at- 

 tacked with dimness of vision, giddiness, debility, trembling, and 

 loss of recollection. In a short time he recovered so far as to 



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be able to go in search of assistance ; but he had hardly M'alked 

 250 yards when his memory again failed him, and he lost his 

 way. His countenance expressed anxiety, he reeled about, and 

 could hardly articulate. Tlie pulse was slow and feeble. He 

 soon became so drowsy that he could be kept awake only by con- 

 stant drugging. Yomiting was then induced by sulph. zinc ; the 



Buflf-gilled Agaric. Woods, 

 July and October ; S. Car- 

 olina ! to Penn. H. W. R. 



