40 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



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IRRITANTS WITH NERVE-SYMPTOMS 



Symptoms. — Abdominal pain ; vomiting and purging ; dilated 

 pupils; headache; tetanic spasms; occasional convulsions; 

 sometimes rapid coma. 



FUNGI (British). 



TOADSTOOLS. 



Parasitic or saprophytic Thallophytes, containing no 

 Starch or Chlorophyll. — Thallus developed from a Mycelium. 

 — Fructification on a Spore-bearing Pileus. 



Fungi take up carbon as carbohydrate either from the 

 living cells of their host, or from the dead remains of other 

 organisms. 



Toxic Prmci2??es.— MUSCARINE, AGARICINE, PHALLINE, 

 A-TOXIN. 



Class : — Hymenomycetes. 



Order, Species. 



Agaricike^.. Agaricus muacarius 

 " Fly Agaric " 

 ,, . . Agaricus pantherinus . 



" Mottled Amanita " 

 „ . . Agaricus phalloides 



" Stinking Amanita" 

 t, . . Armillaria citri 



„ . . Tricholoma fulvellus . 



" Tawny Tricholome " 

 „ . . Agaricus purus 



" Pure Mycena" 

 „ . . Agaricus epipterygius . 



" Nodding Mycena" 

 »y . . Cantharellus aurantiacus 



" Poisonous Chantarella" 

 ,» . . Lactarius piperatus 



"Hot Toad Stool" 



Habitat. 

 Woods, under Birches, etc. 



Scarlet. (Fatalities.) 

 Mountains, Woods, under 



Trees. Dun. 

 Under shady Trees. Dun. 



(Fatalities.) 

 Clusters round dead 



Stumps. Yellow. 

 Thickets. Brown. 



Dead Leaves, Stumps in 



Woods. Pink. 

 Dead Leaves, Stumps, 



Moss. Green. 

 Under Trees, Fields. Dun. 



Woods, Groves, White. 



