CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGI. 



The color of both gills and tubes is an im- 

 portant feature in the classification of fungi. 



We have now arrived at a point where the 

 amateur may become wearied at the reading of 

 long names and the enumeration of classes and 

 genera. Stevenson has said in his preface to 

 his work on British Fungi that " there is no 

 royal road to the knowledge of fungi," and if 

 we become enough interested to pursue the 

 subject we will probably discover it at this 

 point. We will try and make this part as 

 simple as possible, and only mention those 

 genera which are most common. 



Mushrooms may be divided into three great 

 classes : 



I. Gasteromycetes, or " Stomach fungi," 

 where the spores are produced within the plant. 



II. Ascomycetes, or "Spore sac fungi," 

 where the spores are produced in delicate sacs 

 called asci. 



III. Hymenomycetes, or " Membrane fungi," 



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