J 01 6 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



" fo that there are inftances of their remainino- 



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*' iindigefted for three days, before their bad 

 *' efFefts have appear'd. The maladies they 

 " cccafion are a fwelling of the abdomen, reft- 

 " lefsnefs, heart-burns, vomitings, colics, dif- 

 " ficult breathings, hiccovighs, melancholy, 

 " diarrhoeas accompanied with a tenefmus^ and 

 *' gangrenes. To which dreadful complaints 

 *' the acrimonious quality of fome Fungi bring 

 *' on bc'fides inflammations in the mouth, with 

 *' bloody lotions and bloody ftocls. Laftly, ic 

 *' is certain that fome fpecies have an intoxi- 

 " catirg quality, followed often by deliriums, 

 " tremblings, watchings, faintings, apoplexies, 

 *' cold fweats, and death itfelf. Some have 

 " fancied that ficilful cookery would deprive 

 « them of their bad effefls, and that oils 

 " would iheath their noxious qualities \ but 

 " thefe are fatal deceits, not to be trufted. 

 *' To per.^ons fuffcring from eating any fpecies of 

 *' Fungi^ the mod approved and fpeedy remedy 

 *' is to ufc em.etics and cathartics.'* Halkr. 

 Flelvct, bijl. n. 2338. 



€(iinp^J!ris A. ftipitatus, pileo convexo fquamato albido, la- 



7' mellis ruffis. Sp.pl. 164.1. (Sterb. fung. t. i.f 



C. D. ei omnes ejufdcm tabula, Batarra p. 29. 



♦ /. 27, A.) 



Common 



