GRGR(12)NOTES (3)

[Jeremy Osner]

Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:

>  has written that 'Dionysius's centaurs, satyrs and maenads, it seems, actually
>  ate a spotted toadstool called 'flycap' (Amanita muscaria), which gave them
>  enormous muscular strength, erotic power delierious visions, and the gift of
>  prophecy", I thought "flycap" is like "Fliegenpilz", and "cap" here another
>  word for "mushroom". I didn't think it to be "slang". When I read your mail, I
>  checked it out in the dictionary (- "Der Kleine Muret-Sanders")and found out
>  that "flycap" means "Fluegelhaube" (?)

Is there any relation to the mushroom called "fly agaric"? (Of which Guenter Grass
wrote beautifully in *The Flounder*)