. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . be employed before they are preparedfor food. The stem is scraped, the gillsare removed, and the upper part of thecap is peeled. The mushrooms are thenboiled in salt and water—which removesany toxalbumin that may be present,—then steeped in vinegar—which Removesthe alkaloid. Ed.] Poisonous Mushrooms.—The toxic ef-fects of mushrooms are mainly due totwo alkaloids: muscarine,—formed hythe oxidation of choline in the Agaricusmiiscariiis, — and phalline, containedespecially in the Amanita is a toxalhumin of extremevio
. Annual and analytical cyclopedia of practical medicine; . be employed before they are preparedfor food. The stem is scraped, the gillsare removed, and the upper part of thecap is peeled. The mushrooms are thenboiled in salt and water—which removesany toxalbumin that may be present,—then steeped in vinegar—which Removesthe alkaloid. Ed.] Poisonous Mushrooms.—The toxic ef-fects of mushrooms are mainly due totwo alkaloids: muscarine,—formed hythe oxidation of choline in the Agaricusmiiscariiis, — and phalline, containedespecially in the Amanita is a toxalhumin of extremeviolence, and is a 2)oison also found insome venomous animals, such as therattlesnake. In hoth species of mush-rooms, however, there are other chem-ical suhstances whose nature have notas yet been determined. Literature of 97-98-99. The fly-amanita, poisonous (Amanitanniscarki), is the commonest of thepoisonous mushrooms of the District ofColumbia. The points especially to benoted are Ihe bulbous enlargement at TOXIC FOODS. EDIBLE MUSHROOMS. 439. Fig. C.—Sliaggy mushroom {Cnpyiinift cotnatiis). Edible. Tliree-fourths natural size.
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