CONTENTS 



1. THE FOUNDING OF MYCOLOGY 



2. ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION OF FUNGI .... 14 

 Isolation methods, 15. Cultivation, 21. Implications, 27. 



3. CLASSIFICATION AND TAXONOMY OF FUNGI ... 29 

 The classes of fungi, 34. The orders of fungi, 35. 



4. THE MYXOMYCETES 40 



5. THE PHYCOMYCETES 57 



Chytridiales, 63. Doubtful Chytrids, 74. Lagenidiales, 



74. Blastocladiales, 77. Monoblepharidales, 83. Lepto- 

 mitales, 88. Saprolegniales, 92. Pythiales, 98. Albuginales, 

 105. Peronosporales, 108. Mucorales, 116. Entomoph- 

 thorales, 128. Doubtful Zygomycetes, 133. Eccrinales, 134. 



6. THE ASCOMYCETES 137 



Hemiascomycetes, 139. Endomycetales, 140. Taphrinales, 

 146. Euascomycetes, 150. Plectomycetes, 152. Euro- 

 tiales, 152. Myriangiales, 163. Erysiphales, 171. Pyreno- 

 mycetes, 179. Dothideales, 180. Hypocreales, 186. Sphae- 

 riales, 198. Laboulbeniales, 233. Hemisphaeriales, 236. 

 Hysteriales, 243. Discomycetes, 245. Helotiales (Inoper- 

 culates), 251. Ostropales, 267. Pezizales (Operculates), 

 268. Tuberales, 272. 



7. THE BASIDIOMYCETES 276 



Heterobasidiomvcetes, 284. Dacryomycetales, 284. Trem- 

 ellales, 287. Auriculariales, 291. Ijstilaginales, 299. Ured- 

 inales, 309. Sori and spore forms, 315. Keteroecism, 328. 

 Sexuality of the Uredinales, 332. The Mycoplasm hy- 

 pothesis, 333. Specialization, 334. Classification of Ured- 

 inales, 335. Important species of rusts, 335. Homobasidio- 

 mycetes, 341. Hymenomycetes (Agaricales), 341. Exo- 



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