Fungi with Gills 
There is something about it particularly attractive to flies, 
and yet for them to sip its juices means death, as may be seen 
by the circle of dead flies lying on the ground under the shadow 
of its cap. 
The chief poison of this fungus is an alkaloid called musca- 
rine, which paralyzes the nerves controlling the action of the 
heart. Injections of atropine in doses of from one one-hundredth 
to one-fiftieth of a grain are employed as an antidote for this 
poison. In addition, the most powerful emetics are used. 
Orange Amanita (Edible) 
Amanita Caesarea 
Cap or Pileus—Smooth, glabrous, and free from warts or scales. 
Red or orange, fading to yellow on the margin or all 
over the cap. Margin distinctly striate. When fully ex- 
panded, nearly flat. When moist, 
slightly sticky and viscid. 
Stem—Yellow. When young, fibrous 
or cottony within, later hol- 
low. 
Wrapper or Volua—White and mem- 
branous, loosely sheathing the 
base of the stem. 
Veii—Covers the gills of the young plant. Remains are seen 
on the stem only, where it hangs down * ” 
HB) 
Cap striate, and free from 
warts 
like a white ruffle. 
Gills or Lamelle—Rounded at the stem end and 
not attached to the stem. Yellow, an 
exception to the 
rule that the col- 
our of the gills 
in mature plants 
resembles the 
colour of the 
spores. 
Young FPlant—When Young plant 
Section of A. Ceesarea young, the cap ; 
PA Gucctucas tS Talon wae and stem are contained in a wrap- 
(8) Free gills (rv) Ruffle-like ring per not unlike a hen’s egg in 
; shape, size, and colour. As the 
cap and stem within develop, the wrapper ruptures in its 
upper part, the stem elongates, and the cap is carried up, 
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