148 MUSHROOMS. 



The description resembles that of the mush- 

 room found in every particular. 



Now let the beginner go further, and prove 

 the correctness of the name in another way. 

 Turning to the section called " General Helps 

 to the Memory," on page 68, and reading the 

 names of the different genera under the head- 

 ings until he comes to the name Cantharellus, 

 he will find it in the table called " Mushrooms 

 with gills running down the stems (decurrent)." 

 This distinction is apparent in the specimen 

 found. Again, let him turn to the list of white- 

 spored Agarics, page 73, and he will find the 

 name of the genus Cantharellus there. Now, as 

 an additional test, let him turn to the key at the 

 end of this work, the key to Hymenomycetes. 

 He must have learned enough by this time to 

 know that his mushroom belongs to this class, 

 namely, the one that has spores produced upon 

 the lower part of the cap, and, also, that it is an 

 Agaric, from its having gills on the under side. 

 Let him begin with Section A, " with cap." 

 1. Mushrooms with radiating gills beneath caps 

 (Agarics). The key then follows : 1. Plants 

 fleshy, soon decaying. 2. Turn to number 2. 

 There are two descriptions, juice milky and 

 juice watery ; he will choose the second one, 



