Note 88 — MODES OF DISTINGUISHING.

The converse of this remark by no means holds true; the Amanita verna, the Am. phalloides, the Ag. semiglobatus, dryophilus, and muscarius, though amongst the most deadly of this class of plants, do not change colour on being cut; the flesh of the first two is, moreover, of a tempting whiteness, like that of the common puff-ball, than which there is not a safer or a better fungus. “Omnino ne crede colori” is our only safe motto here.