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CiESAR'S MUSHROOM (AMANITA C^SAREA): Edible 

 Somewhat under natural size. 

 History tells us that a dish of this mushroom, "seasoned" with mineral poisons, constituted the last 

 meal of the Roman Emperor, Claudius Ca;sar. His wife, Agrippina, did the seasoning. 



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