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cate an active narcotic poison of a somewhat unique character. 

 The fact that this Inocybe is very closely related to Inocybe 

 infida makes Ford's observations very interesting in connection 

 with our own upon this plant, as stated below. 



A CASE OF POISONING BY INOCYBE INFIDA 



The details of the poisoning by Inocybe infida of Dr. W. C. 

 Deming and his family in this vicinity have already been pub- 

 lished,* but they will be repeated here for the sake of complete- 

 ness. We quote from Dr. Deming's own notes made at the time: 



" I here transcribe notes made on that or the following evening : 

 June 14, '09, about 11 130 A.M., my son and I gathered about a 

 quart of mushrooms, mostly of the unknown variety and some of 



Fig. 1. Inocybe infida (Peck) Earle. 



the variety frequently eaten. No other kind was gathered. These 

 were stewed and served on toast at 1 P.M. I ate only one half 

 slice with the mushroom thereon, some bread and butter, two cups 

 of weak tea, a little more than one half a stuffed egg, with lettuce 

 and mayonnaise dressing. 



" Directly after lunch I smoked one half a cigarette as usual. 

 On finishing this, I began to wonder if this or the mushroom had 



* Murrill : A New Poisonous Mushroom. Mycologia, 1909, i, p. 211. 



