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followed by commentaries and are invaluable to the specialist. Hymen- 

 omycetes Europaei, 1S74. This is one of the most important and funda- 

 mental works on the Basidomycetes ever published. It represents the ripe 

 experience and best judgment of the master. Sveriges iitliga och giftiga 

 Svam par., 1862-69. A volume of large plates with colored figures of the 

 edible and poisonous species of Scandinavia. Icones, 1867-1884. Two 

 volumes of 200 large colored plates of the Basidiomycetes, selected from 

 the large number of drawings deposited at the Museum at Stockholm. 

 GIBSON, W. H., Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms, 1895. (Ed. new, 

 1903.) A book written in a delightful literary vein, containing popular 

 descriptions and discussions of some forty mushrooms; well illustrated 

 with colored drawings. 

 GILLET, C. C. Les Hymenomycetes, 1874. A manual with full descrip- 

 tions and artificial keys to all the Basidiomycetes growing in France. 

 Very valuable. Les Champignons de France. A set of 712 colored plates 

 accompanying the preceding manual. 

 HARD, M. E., Mushrooms Edible and Otherwise, 1908. A popular book for 



the beginner, profusely illustrated with photographs. 

 HERBST, WM., Fungal Flora, of the Lehigh Valley, Pa., 1899. This book 



contains descriptions and 25 plates. 

 HUSSEY, Illustrations of British Mycology, 1847-55. 

 KARSTEN, P. A., Mycologia Fennica, 4 vol. Vol. 3 — Basidiomycetes. A 



manual of the flora of Finland. 

 LINDBLAD, M. A., Svambok, 1902, a popular manual in Swedish. 

 MARSHALL, NINA L., The Mushroom Book, 1905. "A popular guide to 

 the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis 

 on the edible varieties." With photographs, many colored. 

 MASSEE, GEO., British Fungous Flora, 4 vol. 1892-95. A useful manual 

 for the English reader, but deals only with British forms. European 

 Fungus Flora; Agaricaceae, 1902. A compilation of all European species 

 of Agarics with only the essential characters given in brief description. 

 Text book of Fungi, 1906. A general discussion of matters of interest and 

 importance to the student of fungi, mostly of others than Agarics. 

 McILVAINE, CHARLES, One Thousand American Fungi, 1900. New ed., 

 1912. A valuable compilation of descriptions of fungi formerly inacces- 

 sible to many. The last edition is well illustrated. An additional value 

 of this book is in the data concerning the edibility of mushrooms as tested 

 by the author. 

 MICHAEL, EDMUND, Fiihrer fiir Pilzefreunde. 3 Vol., 1903-05. Containing 

 in all 307 beautifully colored plates of mushrooms, unusually true to nature 

 cheap and very helpful to the beginner. 

 MURRILL, W. A., Agaricaceae. North Amer. Flora, Vol. 9 et al., 1910. 

 OUDEMANS, C. A. J. A., Revision des Champignons dans les Pays-Bas, 

 1893. Vol. I contains synopses and descriptions of Hymenomycetes of 

 Holland; in French. 

 PATOUILLARD, N., Tabulae Analyticae Fungorum, 1883-89. A critical 

 study of many species, with numerous colored figures; invaluable to the 

 specialist. In French. Les Hymenomycetes d'Europe. 1887. Deals with 

 the general anatomy and classification of the higher fungi. 

 PERSOON, C. H, Synopsis Methodica Fungorum, 1801. One of the best 

 early efforts to place the classification of fungi on a scientific basis; in 

 some groups it is considered by some as more fundamental than the works 

 of Fries. 

 QUELET, L., Euchiridion Fungorum, 1886. A manual, in Latin, of the 

 species found in Middle Europe and France. Les Champignons de Jura 

 et des Vosges, 1872. Classification and descriptions of some 700 species 

 found in the mountainous regions of eastern France. 

 RICKEN, A., Die Bliitterpilze (Agaricaceae). A manual, in German, of the 

 Flora of Germany, with excellent modern descriptions, and profusely 

 illustrated by colored plates. Appearing in parts; 1910-16. One of the 

 most useful and complete works of its kind, giving the microscopic 

 characters of most species. Invaluable to the student. 



