1 01^ CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



. " fo that there are ip.flances of their remaining 

 " undigeiled for three days, before their bad 

 , : " efFedls have appear'd. The maladies they 



*' cccafion are a fvvtiiing of the abdomen, reft- 

 *' kfsnefs, heart-burns, vomitings, cohcs, dif- 

 " (icult breathings, hiccoughs, melancholy, 

 *' diarrhc^as accompanied with a tenefmus, and 

 " gangrenes. To which dreadful complaints 

 " the acrimonious quality of fome Fungi bring 

 " on bcfides inflammations in the mouth, with 

 " bloody lotions and bloody ftools. Laftly, it 

 *' is certain that fome fpecies have an intoxi- 

 ' " caring quality, followed often by deliriums, 



*' tremblings, watchings, faintings, apoplexies, 

 *' cold fweats, and death itfelf. Some have 

 " fancied that fkilful cookery v/ould deprive 

 *' them of their bad en^e6ls, and that oils 

 " v/ould ilieath their noxious qualities \ but 

 *' thefc arc fatal deceits, not to be trufted. 

 '^'- To perfons fuficring from eating any fpecies of 

 *' iv^/w, the moft approved and fpeedy remedy 

 ** is to ufe emetics and cathartics." Ualler, 

 ■ HeheLhiJl, n. 2^2)^, 



eampejlrh A. fiip-itatus, pileo convexo fquamato albido, la- 

 7- mellis ruffis. Sp. -^l. 1641. (Sterb. fiir.g. t. i.f. 



C. D. et omnes ejufdcm tahda. Batarra p. 29. 

 /. 27. A.) 



Common 



