TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Chaptfi- 1. Form and Characters of the Mushrooms, . . i 



Chapter II. Development of the Mushroom, 5 



Chapter ill. Gill Bearing Fungi ; Agaricace:t, 17 



Chapter IV. The Purple-Brown-Spored Agarics, 18 



Chapter V. The Black-Spored Agarics, 32 



Chapter \l. The White-Spored Agarics, 52 



Chapter VII. The Rosy-Spored Agarics, 138 



Chapter Vlll. The Ochre-Spored Agarics, 150 



Chapter IX. The Tube Bearing Fungi ; Polyporace:i?, . . . 171 



Chapter X. Hedgehog Fungi ; Hydnace^E, I95 



Chapter XI. Coral Fungi ; Clavariaces, 200 



Chapter Xil. The Trembling Fungi ; Tremellinea% .... 204 



Chapter XI II. Telephorace^, 208 



Chapter XIV. Puff Balls ; Lycoperdacea?, 209 



Chapter XV. Stinkhorn Fungi ; Phalloidete, 213 



(Chapter XVI. Morels, Cup Fungi, Helvellas, etc.; Dis- 



comycetes, 216 



Chapter XVIi. Collection and Preservation of the Fleshy 



Fungi, 222 



C^hapter X\III. Selection and Preparation of Mushrooms for 



the Table, 229 



Chapter XIX. Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms (Mrs. Sarah 



Tyson Rorer), 231 



Chapter XX. Chemistry and To.\icology of the Fungi (J. F. 



Clark), 242 



Chapter XXI. Description of Terms applied to Certain 



Structural Characters of Mushrooms (H. 



Hasselbring), 252 



Chapter XXII. Analytical Keys (The Author), 260 



Glossary of Technical Terms (The Author), . 265 

 Index to Genera and Illustrations, . . . . 269 

 Index to Species, 273 



