II. 
AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 
Fly Agaric, Bug Agaric. 
Synonyms.— Amanita muscaria, Agaricus imperialis, Batsch; Amanita 
citrinus, Scheffer; Agaricus puella, Bat.; Agaricus plumboeus, Jd. ; Agaricus 
maculatus pustulatus, Jd.; Agaricus verrucosus, Jd.; Agaricus fulvus, Jd. 
These synonyms arise from its variety of colour, which it often assumes accord- 
ing to the locality in which it is found. 
Forrian Names.—Fyr.: Fausse Orange. Ger.: Fliegen-schwamm. Jal. : 
Amanita. Russ.: Moucho-more. 
Class 1. THatLoGENns.—Cryptocamia, Funct. 
Diaenosis ofr THE OrpER.—Cellular flowerless plants, nourished through 
their thallus (spawn, or mycelinum), living in air; propagated by spores 
colourless or brown, and sometimes enclosed in asci; destitute of green 
gonidia (Lindley). 
Gen. CuHar.—Margin of pileus striate. Gills white; stem subsolid, 
bulbous; vulva scaly. Pileus three to seven inches broad, convex at 
length, sometimes depressed; of a rich orange scarlet, but occasionally 
whitish, yellowish, or brown. Sporules white, rounded. Stem four to 
nine inches high, half to one inch thick. Ring deflexed. 
History.—The Agaricus muscarius is supposed to be the 
black poisonous Agaric, described under the general name 
Mvxnrov, by Theophrastus; and Ayapmov, by Dioscorides, 
Paulus Agineta, Galen, and Pliny. The Agaric of Serapion 
and the Arabian physicians is the Boletus ignarius. 
Mr. Greville, in the fourth volume, Part II., of the “ Transac- 
tions of the Wernerian Society,” 1823, has the following remarks 
on this fungus:—‘ As the plant commonly known by the 
name of the fly agaric (from its property of destroying flies 
Fig. 1. Represents a section and the under surface of the pileus. 2. A young. 
plant. 3. Section of the same. 
