Boletus Luridus
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
B. luridus, Fries. (B. nigrescens, Pall., etc.)
Nat. order , Fungi.
Common names , German, Hexenpilz, Feuerpilz, etc.; French Fauxceps, or Oignon de loup.
Preparation , Triturations.
Authority.
Delle Chiaje, Tossicologia, p. 143 (from Boudier, by Husemann, p. 158), effects of eating the roasted fungi.
- Delirium, followed by death (fourth day).
- Headache.
- Sunken features (second day).
- A violet color of the nose and lips (third day).
- Intense thirst.
- Violent pain in the epigastrium (after two hours).
- Meteorismus (third day).
- Exceedingly fetid stool (third day).
- Pulse small, irregular (second day).
- Subsultus tendinum (fourth day).
- Urticaria tuberosa (speedily followed by death), (third day).
- Cold sweat (second day).