CONTENTS 



Introduction by Dr. W. A. Kellerman vii 



Preface ix 



Chapter I. Why Study Mushrooms ? I 



Mushrooms and Toadstools 3 



What Any One May Eat 4 



How to Preserve Mushrooms 5 



Terms Used 5 



What Is a Fungus or a Mushroom ? 10 



Six Groups of Mushrooms 12 



Group 1 ' Hymenomycetes 13 



Family 1 Agaricaceae 13 



Spore Prints 14 



Analytical Key 16 



Chapter II. The White-Spored Agarics 20 



Chapter III. The Rosy-Spored Agarics 236 



Chapter IV. The Rusty-Spored Agarics 257 



Chapter V. The Purple-Brown-Spored Agarics 307 



Chapter VI. The Black-Spored Agarics 331 



Chapter VII. Polyporacese. Tube-Bearing Fungi 350 



Chapter VIII. Fungi With Teeth 432 



Chapter IX. Thelephoraceae 450 



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