Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 9 
222 
were mild. Health prior to the dinner was perfectly normal. 
The dinner was a usual one, partaken of by several other peo¬ 
ple, none of whom had any such symptoms. 
There is no doubt of the identity of the species of which I 
had an abundant quantity for examination. One specimen with 
field notes was submitted to Mr. F. S. Earle, who also kindly de¬ 
termined the species for me. He says, “The plant seems to be a 
small form of Lepiota Morgani Pk.” 
The violence of the attack, its absolute coincidence with the 
ingestion of the fungus, its subsidence with the final rejection 
of the fungus, the subsequent and antecedent history of the sub¬ 
ject, and the peculiar characteristic symptoms of intoxication, 
both in the digestive and nervous systems, all indicate clearly the 
poisonous nature of this species. 
The specimens eaten were in perfectly fresh normal condi¬ 
tion, picked in grass under trees. The extreme violence of the 
symptoms produced by such a small quantity of the fungus, 
makes one wonder what a meal from such might do. 
While some claim to have eaten this species with impunity, 
and are inclined to regard the pain as resting with an idiosyn¬ 
crasy of the subject, it is evident that one should determine his 
own personal resistance with considerable caution. 
NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI. 
J. B. ELLIS AND B. M. EVERHART. 
The first two species given in the list were collected in Cali¬ 
fornia by Copeland and sent by C. F. Baker. The remainder 
were collected in the vicinity of London, Canada, by Professor J. 
Dearness. 
Ramularia glauca E. & E.—On leaves of Sambucus glauca, 
near Stanford University, California, Aug. 1903, (leg. Copeland 
Comm. C. F. Baker, 3738). 
Spots amphigenous, dark-brown, -|-i cm. diam. with a 
slightly raised border, orbicular or irregular outline. Hyphae 
obsolete, the conidia arising directly from a tubercular base and 
forming a tuft about 75 [x diam. The conidia are hyaline, mostly 
continuous, oblong-fusoid, subcatenulate, 15-30 x 3-4 //, about the 
same as those of R. sambucina Sacc. which differs in its small 
white spots. 
Septoria chrysamphorae E. & E.—On Chrysamphora Cali¬ 
fornia, Mt. Eddy, California, Sept. 1903, (leg. Copeland, Comm. 
C. F. Baker, 3749). 
Spots at first small (1-2 mm.), of a pale golden color, with a 
purplish areolate border, finally larger (1 cm.) and the purplish 
areola less distinct and narrower. Perithecia scattered on the 
