Plate A 



1. Agaric, showing cap, a; gills, b; stem, c ; ring, d ; volva, e; 



remains of volva on cap, /. 



2. Section of Fig. i. The letters refer to the same parts. 



3. Section of a cap ; umbonate cap and adnate gills. 



4. Section of a cap ; gibbous cap and adnexed gills. 



5. Section of Fig. i in a young condition. The letters refer to the 



same parts as in Figs, i and 2. 



6. Section of a puffball, showing the peridium, a ; gleba, b ; 



columella, c. 



7. Section of convex cap with sinuate gills. 



8. Section of infundibuliform cap and decurrent gills. 



9. Basidia bearing spores, accompanied by paraphyses. 



10. Ascus containing eight spores, accompanied by paraphyses. 



11. k. dimidiate or bracket-shaped fungus. 



12. An adnate fungus. 



13. Section of an umbilicate cap and free gills. 



14. Section of a species of Fomes, showing stratiiied tubes. 



