Instructions to Students 



Unfamiliar terms will be encountered in the descriptive text. The 



Glossary defines them ; and not only those in this book, 

 The Glossary. . . . .. , , . , , 



but, it is believed, all those found in other books upon 



fungi. Where possible throughout the text, botanical terms have been 

 anglicized. The meanings of those remaining unchanged should be 

 memorized. It is quite as easy, and far better, to learn the botanical 

 names of species and their characteristics, as to learn their common 

 names; easier in fact, for the common names often vary with locality. 

 The writer received a letter from an Alsatian living in St. Louis, telling 

 him of favorite fungi he used to eat when in his own country. To all 

 he gave local names, not one of which could be referred to the particu- 

 lar species meant. 



Success and pleasure in the study of fungi will attend the student 

 who observes carefully and who systematically records that which is 

 observed. 



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