CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I : The Homes and Habits of Fungi 



CHAPTER II : The Relation of Fungi to Other Plants 



CHAPTER 111 : From Spore to Mushroom 



CHAPTER IV : The Key .... 



What a key is, and why a name is desirable 

 How a key for fungi is made, and why it is 



desirable ..... 

 The Key 



CHAPTER V : Fungi with Gills . 



I. WHITE-SPORED SERIES 



Genus Amanita . 



Death Cup; Poison Amanita 



Fly Amanita . 



Orange Amanita . 



Comparison of Three Yellow Amanitas 

 Genus Cantharellus 



Cantharellus floccosus . 

 Genus Amanitopsis 



The Sheathed Amanitopsis 



Amanitopsis parcivolvata 

 Genus Mycena 



Mycena haematopoda 

 Genus Lentinus . 



Scaly Lentinus 

 Genus Pleiirotus . 



Oyster Mushroom 



Pleurotus sapidus 



Elm Pleurotus 

 Genus Hygrophonis 



Chanterelle Hygrophorus 



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