CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I : THE HOMES AND HABITS OF FUNGI . . i 

 CHAPTER II : THE RELATION OF FUNGI TO OTHER PLANTS 5 

 CHAPTER III : FROM SPORE TO MUSHROOM . . .11 



CHAPTER IV: THE KEY 15 



What a key is, and why a name is desirable . 15 

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



desirable i^ 



The Key . . . . . . . 17 



CHAPTER V : FUNGI WITH GILLS 46 



I. WHITE-SPORED SERIES 



Genus Amanita .46 



Death Cup; Poison Amanita. .' . 48 



Fly Amanita 49 



Orange Amanita 50 



Comparison of Three Yellow Amanitas . . 52 



Genus Cantharellus 53 



Cantharellus floccosus 53 



Genus Amanitopsis 53 



The Sheathed Amanitopsis .... 54 

 Amanitopsis parcivolvata . . . -55 



Genus Mycena 55 



Mycena haematopoda 55 



Genus Lentinus 56 



Scaly Lentinus .56 



Genus Pleurotus .57 



Oyster Mushroom 57 



Pleurotus sapidus . . . . . ^8 



Elm Pleurotus ...... 58 



Jenus Hygrophorus 59 



Chanterelle Hygrophorus .... 59 



