GRGR(12)NOTES (3)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

Jeremy schrieb:
>
>
> 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*)

 Yes, it's one and the same mushroom.     KFL