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600 243. Amanit. ll.HYMENOTHECE^. Plcell.aph.
4. Amanita muscaria. Fly amanite.
Stem white ; cap orange-red, shining, flattish ; warts and
gills white.
Amanita muscaria, Schaff. Fung. 27 ;
Agaricus muscarius, 3,4, With. 218 ; Sowerby Fungi, 286,
Persoon Syn. 253, 11.
In plantations of firs.
Powder in doses of gr. x. to xxx. with vinegar, cathartic
and sudorific, useful in epilepsy and palsy occasioned by
eruptions which have been improperly repelled ; also used
externally sprinkled upon ulcers and gangrene : the juice
rubbed upon bedsteads kills or expels bugs, and mixed
with milk is used in Sweden to kill flies.
^. minor. Tliallus small ; cap convex, warts generally
wanting. >
5. Amanita umhrina. Umber amanite.
Stem white,- cap flattish, greyish-bay; warts and gills
white.
Agaricus verrucosus, Hudson ^ngl. 613.
Agaricus marulatus, Schceff. Fungi, 90.
Amanita umbrina, Persoon Syn. 254, 12.
Agaricus muscarius, var. 6, With. Arr. 219.
In beech-woods.
6. Amanita rvlescens. Reddish amanite.
Cap convex, opake, reddish ; ivarts crowded, white
gills white.
Agaricus margaritiferus, Schecff. Fung. 91.
Amanita rubescens, Persoon Syn. 67.
Agaricus muscaricus, var. 7, Withering Arr. 219.
In beech-woods ; autumn.
7. Amanita circinnata. Compassed amanite.
Stem bulbous, rather scaly, reddish ; cap hemispherical,
slightly umbilicated, reddish; tvarts oblong^round, whitish
gills flattish, whitish.
Aga-ricas myodes, Sch(pff. Fung. 26],
Agaricus muscarius, var. 5. Wither. Arr. 4, 218.
In woods; rare.
8. Amanita aspera. Rough amanite.
Stem long, fibrilled, slightly bulbed ; cap fleshy, com-
pact, bossed, reddish grey; warts pointed, rough; gills
crowded, white.
Agaricus verrucosus, Bulliard Herb. 316, warts globular.
Amanita aspera, Persoon Syn. 256.
In woods ;
late in autumn.
Odour strong.