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CHAPTER XIII.— OoMYCETALES (Continued) ii6 



Chytridiaceae; Ancyclistaceae; Bibliography. 



CHAPTER XIV.— Higher Fungi 120 



Ascomycetales; Sexuality, Claussen and Harper; Life Cycle; Bibliography. 



CHAPTER XV. — Sac Fungi in Particular (Yeasts, etc.) 131 



Endomycetaceae, Exoascaceae; Saccharomycetaceas; Yeasts, cells and fer- 

 mentation, etc.; Systematic Position. 



CHAPTER XVI.— Sac Fungi (Continued) 143 



Gymnoascaceae; Aspergillaceae; Elaphomycetaceae; Terfeziaceae; Tuberaceae 

 (TruflBes) ; Myriangiaceae. 



CHAPTER XVIL— Mildews and Related Fungi 154 



Erysiphaceae (Mildews); Perisporiaceae; Microthyriaces; Hypocreaceae; 

 Dothideaceae; Sordariaceae; Chaetomiaceae; Sphaeriaceae; Valsaceae; Melo- 

 grammataceae; Xylariaceae; Hysteriaceae; Phacidiaceae; Pyronemaceae; 

 Ascobolaceae; Pezizaceae; Helotiaceae; Mollisiaceae; Geoglossaceae; Helvel- 

 laceae; Cyttariaceae; Rhizinaceae; Phylogeny of Ascomycetales; General 

 Bibliography. 



CHAPTER XVIII.— Basidia-bearing Fungi (Smuts) 177 



Key to Suborders; Ustilaginaceae (Smuts); Bibliography of Smuts. 



CHAPTER XIX.— Rust Fungi 187 



General Structure; Forms; Life Cycles; Cytology; Phylogeny; Endophyl- 

 lacese; Coleosporiaceae; Pucciniacese; Bibliography of Rusts; Auriculariaceae; 

 Tremellaceae (Trembling Fungi). 



CHAPTER XX.— Fleshy and Woody Fungi 218 



Cytology; Dacryomycetaceae; Exobasidiaceae; Hypochnaceae; Thele- 

 phoraceae; Clavariaceae; Hydnaceae; Polyporaceae; Manuals. 



CHAPTER XXI.— Mushrooms and Toadstools 231 



Agaricaceae; Development of Fruit Bodies; Cultivation of Mushrooms; 

 Chemistry and Toxicology of Mushrooms; Gasteromycetes; Hymeno- 

 gastraceae; Tylostomaceae; Lycoperdaceae; Nidulariaceae; Key to; Sclero- 

 dermacese; Sphserobolaceae; Phallomycetes; Development of Carrion Fungi; 

 Clathraceae; Phallaceae; Bibliography of Eubasidii. 



CHAPTER XXII. — Fungi Imperfecti (Deuteromycetes) 258 



General Characters; Systematic Position; Sphaeropsidales ; Melanconiales; 

 Hyphomycetales. 



PART II. GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY 



CHAPTER XXIII. — General Consideration of Plant Diseases . . .271 

 Etiology; Predisposing Causes; Determining Causes; Physical Character of 

 Soil; Climatic and Meteorologic Factors, Effect of Smoke, etc.; Trauma- 

 tism; Animate Agents of Disease; Insects. 



