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It is very poisonous. A dose of 0^003 gram to 0*005 

 gram is sufficient to cause serious symptoms in a human 

 being. Atropine is considered as an antidote. 



PHALLINE 



A poisonous principle present in Agaricus phalloides. 

 Robert states that this substance causes dissolution of the 

 red corpuscles of the blood to a remarkable extent. This 

 action is evident when the poison is diluted to one part 

 in 125,000. 



CARBON BISULPHIDE 



Went says that Schizophyllum lobatum, found chiefly on 

 dead stems of bamboo, and of sugar-cane, forms carbon 

 bisulphide. 



Bourquelot, Bull Soc. Myc. France, 5, p. 341 (1889), 

 and in every succeeding volume to 9 inclusive. 



Bourquelot, Compt. Rend., 113, p. 749 (1891). 



Gerard, Bull. Soc. Bot., 1890, p. 115, and 1892, p. 169. 



Kobert, Lehrb. d. Intoxikationen, p. 457. 



Nordmann, Ueber den Gerbstoffder Pilze\ Inaug. Dissert., 

 Erlangen, 1895. 



Schmiedelberg and Koppe, Vierteljahrsch. f. Pharm., 19, 

 p. 276 (1870). 



Tauret, Compt. Rend., 1875, P- 896, and 1878, p. 888. 



Went, Ber.d. deutsch. Bot. Ges., 14, p. 158 (1896). 



Zopf, Die Pilze, p. 138. 



Husemann and Hilger, Die Pflanzenstoffe, Berlin, 1882. 

 2 vols. Contains a full account of the numerous sub- 

 stances found in fungi. 



