8 I. VEGETABLES.— Fungi. 



green fibrous plant, found in stagnant water, smells marshy, is 

 used as a vermifuge by some country people ; it is as difficult to 

 burn as Fontinalis antipyretica ; adheres firmly to glass or paper, 

 and was used by the ancients to bind up broken limbs, keeping 

 it constantly moist. 



Coralline, Sea moss, Corallina, C. afftcinalis. Vermifuge, 

 3ss to 3j, in coarse powder. 



*Star shoot, Nostochf N. commune, Tremella Nostoc. A 

 greenish jelly, eatable ; infused in brandy, it causes a disgust to 

 that liquor in those who drink of it. 



Sponge, Sponr/ia, S. officinalis. Externally to stop haemor- 

 rhages, or dipped in melted wax and squeezed, as a tent to dilate 

 cavities, by its expansion. 



2. FUNGI. 



Frequently poisonous : the best remedy in this case, after 

 immediate vomiting, by tickling the fauces, and the exhibition 

 of clysters, is ether 3j. in a glass of water, with tincture of 

 capsicum. The Russians, however, eat almost every species that 

 are of any size, only stewing them thoroughly, and drinking a 

 glass of brandy after them ; and the ancients stewed suspected 

 mushrooms with some twigs of the pear-tree, as an antidote to 

 their bad effects. 



*MoiiELL, Morchella esculenta ; — M, gigas. Wholesome and 

 agreeable, as are all the other morchellae. Principally imported 

 dry from Italy ; used as a sauce. 



*Truffles, Truhs, Tuber cibarium, T. gulosorum, Tubera 

 terrce, Lycoperdon tuber ; — * T, moschatum ; — * T. album ; — 

 Bianchetti, T.albidum; — Rossetti, T.rufnm; — Black truffle 

 WITH white flesh; — Piedmont truffle, T, griseum, -which 

 has a slight odour of garlic. Are all used as delicate sauces to 

 soups, and the like. The truffles grow under ground, and are 

 turned up, or pointed out by hogs or dogs trained for that pur- 

 pose. Imported from France and Italy, either dry, or preserved 

 in olive oil. 



*PuFF BALLS, Bull Jists, MolUpuffs, Crepitus lupi, Lycoperdon 

 Bovista, Narcotic ; its smoke stupifies bees, but does not kill 

 them ; its very subtile seminal dust is used as a styptic. 



*Deer balls, Boletus, Lycoperdon cervinum. Aphrodisiac, and 

 increases the milk. 



*Stink horns, Fungus phalloides, Phallus impudicus. Intoler- 

 ably foetid at a distance, so that it is oftener smelt than seen, 

 being supposed to be some carrion, and therefore avoided ; when 

 near, it has only the pungency of volatile salts. Its odour soon 

 fills a whole house. Applied externally to painful limbs. 



