TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Chapter I. Form and Characters of the Mushrooms, . . i 



Chapter II. Development of the Mushroom, 5 



Chapter III. Gill Bearing Fungi; Agaricacese, 17 



Chapter IV. The Purple- Brown-Spored Agarics, . . . . i& 



Chapter V. The Black-Spored Agarics, 32 



Chapter VI. The White-Spored Agarics, 52^ 



Chapter VII. The Rosy-Spored Agarics, 138 



Chapter VIII. The Ochre-Spored Agarics, 150 



Chapter IX. The Tube Bearing Fungi; Polyporaceae, . .171 



Chapter X. Hedgehog Fungi; Hydnaceae, 195 



Chapter XI. Coral Fungi; Clavariaceae, 200 



Chapter XII. The Trembling Fungi; Tremellineae, . . . 204 



Chapter XIII. Thelephoraceae, 208 



Chapter XIV. Puff-Bails; Lycoperdacese, . 209 



Chapter XV. Stinkhorn Fungi; Phalloideae, 213 



Chapter XVI. Morels, Cup-Fungi, Helvellas, etc., Dis- 



comycetes, .... 216 



Chapter XVII. Collection and Preservation of the Fleshy 



Fungi, 222 



Chapter XVIIl. Selection and Preparation of Mushrooms for 



the Table, 229 



Chapter XIX. Uses of Mushrooms, 231 



Fungi in the Arts, 234 



Chapter XX. Cultivation of Mushrooms 237 



The Cave Culture of Mushrooms in America, . 239 



The House Culture of Mushrooms, .... 241 



uring the Manure, 247 



Making up the Beds, 250 



What Spawn Is, 255 



Spawning the Beds, 26} 



Chapter XXI. Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms (Mrs. Sarah 



Tyson Rorer), 277 



Chapter XXII. Chemistry and Toxicology of the Fungi 



(J. F. Clark), 288 



Chapter XXIII. Description of Terms applied to Certain 

 Structural Characters of Mushrooms (H. 



Hasselbring), 298 



Appendix. Analytical Keys (The Author) 307 



Glossary of Technical Terms (The Author), . 313 

 Index to Genera and Illustrations, . . . .315 



Index to Species, 321 



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