Contents 



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Order Sclerodermatales 133 



Genus Scleroderma 133 



Scleroderma vulgare 134 



CHAPTER XII : SPORE-SAC FUNGI ASCOMYCETES . . 135 



Order Tuber ales TruJJles 135 



Order Hypocreales 136 



Genus Xylaria 136 



Order Sphceriales 136 



Order Females Cup-fungi 137 



Peziza odorata 137 



Golden Peziza 138 



Order Helvellales 138 



Family Geoglossacece Earth Tongues . . .138 



Genus Spathularia 138 



Velvety Spathularia 138 



Spathularia clavata 139 



Genus Geoglossum 139 



Geoglossum hirsutum 139 



Geoglossum glabrum 139 



Genus Vibrissea 139 



Vibrissea truncorum 139 



Vibrissea circinans 140 



Genus Mitrula 140 



Irregular Mitrula 140 



Family Helvellacea Morels 140 



Genus Gyromitra 141 



Gyromitra esculenta 141 



Genus Morchella 141 



Genus Helvella 142 



Helvella elastica 142 



Helvella lacunosa 143 



CHAPTER XIII : SLIME FUNGI MYXOMYCETES . . .144 



CHAPTER XIV : FUNGI FOR THE HERBARIUM . . .145 



Collector's notes 145 



Collector's outfit 147 



Care of specimens 147 



Collecting spores 147 



The search for a name 149 



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