TABLE OF CONTENTS. xiii 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



PAGE 

 BACTERIA 266 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



FUNGI 272 



General characters; molds; mildews 272 



Alga-like, or sporangium-fruit fungi 274 



The conjugating molds 274 



The water molds ^ 280 



The downy mildews and white rust 282 



CHAPTER XXIX 



FUNGI (continued) 287 



Sac fungi, or ascus fungi 287 



The powdery mildews 289 



Lilac mildew 290 



The black fungi 291 



The cup fungi 292 



The morels 294 



The yeast fungi / 295 



The lichens 299 



CHAPTER XXX. 



FUNGI (continued) '. . . 305 



The Basidium fungi 305 



The smuts 305 



Rust fungi 308 



Wheat rust 309 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



FUNGI (concluded) 321 



Basidium fungi (concluded) 321 



Mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, etc 371 



The gill fungi 322 



Bracket fungi or pore fungi 326 



The coral fungi, or fairy clubs 328 



The hedgehog fungi, or tooth fungi 329 



Puffballs, earth stars, etc 329 



Comparative review of the fungi 330 



