114 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



principle called emetine. We know of no 

 European authority whicli does not pro- 

 nounce this species dangerous. Notwith- 

 standing this, an American writer says : " I 

 am able to assert positively, from having 

 eaten full meals of them often, that Russula 

 emetica is as good as any Eussule." We 

 must be permitted to doubt whether he has 

 not been eating some other red species 

 which is innocuous, and must continue 

 sceptical until his experience is confirmed. 



