ACKNOWLEDG.MENTS, 40. 



AgaricaceiB, order of the, 77, 



Agaiicini, 75-178 ; botanical characters 

 of, 79. 



Agarics, edible, 80-178 ; Curtis's list 

 of, g-i2. 



Agarictis, 43, 44 ; vegetation of, 44-47, 

 85-92, 107 ; botanical characters of, 

 77-79, 283. 



Agaricus, species of : — Amanita, see 

 Amanita ; — arvensis, 85, 91 ; epicu- 

 rean opinions of, 94 ; — canifestrls, 

 9, 13, 21, 24, 80-95, 307, 308, 321 ; 

 the " Mushroom," 16-22 ; variations 

 in, 89-93 ; spore-print of, 283 ; — 

 candicans, 86; — euosmus, 147; — 

 fusipes, 299 ■,—gambosu5, 95-101; to 

 cook, 313; — heterophylla, see Rus- 

 iula ; — Marasmius oreades, 101-108; 

 —melleus, 10, 28 \—orcella, 300 -.—os- 

 treatus, 10, 26, 141-148, 303. 307 ;— 

 pratensis, 91 ;— procerus, 10, 86, 87, 

 II3-I19, 312, ^2\■, — ruber, 300;— 

 ulmarUis, lo, 26, 27, 148-154, 303. 



3 1 2 ; — vaporarius , 9 1 ;—villaticus,^\ ; 



— virescens, 300. See, also, Riissula, 



Coprinus, Lactarius, Chantarelle, and 



Marasmius. 

 Agrippina, victim of Amanita, 59. 

 Amanita, genus of, readily identified, 2, 



23, 74. 273- 



— Botanical characters of, 29, 33, 41- 



51, 79, 273- 



— The cup or volva in, 29, 33, 47, 48, 



57, 74, 273- 



— Vegetation and development of, 44, 

 45, 74 ; the veil or shroud of, 48. 



— Fatalities from eating, 2, 15, 2g, 60 ; 

 a dangerous enemy, 15, 23, 29 ; " sil- 

 ver test " upon, 26 ; effect of salt and 

 heat upon, 29. 



— Poison of, 48, 60 ; chemical nature 

 of poison of, 48, 61 ; Czar Alexis, 52; 

 Agrippina, 59 ; intoxication from, 59, 

 60 ; dipsomaniacs, 59, 60 ; isolation 

 of poison of, 61 ; absorption of poison 

 of, by contact and odor, 30, 69 ; di- 

 agnosis and treatment of poison of. 



