124 NOVA SCOTIA FUNGI. — MACK AY. 



A. virosa Fr. Shelburne, CSB. Probably a variety of the 

 following species, and deadly poisonous. 



A. 'phallo'ides Fr. Prince's Lodge, near Halifax, JS. Under 

 spruce, Pt. Pleasant Park, Halifax, AHMK. Anti- 

 gonish and Truro, JMS. Shelburne, CSB. Deadly 

 poisonous. Effects may not begin to be felt until from 

 six to twelve hours after- eatino-. No antidote for the 

 2)Ji(illin contained in it. 



A. muscaria L. Pt. Pleasant, Halifax, Sept. and Oct., JS. 

 Common, Pictou and Halifax counties, AHMK. Middle- 

 ton, RRG. Antigonish and Truro, JMS. Shelburne, 

 CSB. Poisonous : sulphate of atropine, 1/180 to 1/60 of 

 a gr^in at a dose administered h3^podermically., appears 

 to be the best antidote for the viuscarin contained in it. 



A. strobiliformis Fr. Pictou count}^ AHMK. Determina- 

 tion doubtful. 



A. spissa Fr. Under larch, Willow Park*, Halifax, Sept., JS. 

 Not poisonous. 



A. Ccesarea Scop. Antigonish and Truro, JMS. Edible ; 

 but must be carefully distinguished from A. inuscaria 

 and similar poisonous species 



Siih-geniis : Lepiota. 



Lepiota procera Scop. Middleton, RRG. Edible. 



L. glioderma Fr. Under spruce, Halifax, JS. 



Sith-yenus : ArmUlaria. 

 Arinillaria mellea Vahl. On decaj'ing stumps, Dutch Village, 

 Halifax, JS. Pictou County, AHMK. Antigonish, 

 JMS. Edible. 



Sub-geniis : Tricholoma. 

 Tricholoma egitestre L. Under fir trees, Dutch Village, Halifax, 



Sept., JS. Edible wh n cooked. 

 T. transmutans Pk. Shelburne, CSB. Edible. 



*The species whose habitat is given by Dr. Somers as " WiUow Park " were obtained 

 between Willow Park and the Threc-:\l"ilc Hmise (Fairview), Halifnx. not at Willow 

 Park proper. The localitj* is in the vicinity of what is known as "The Willows. ' 



