CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I : The Homes and Habits of Fungi 



CHAPTER II : The Relation of Fungi to Other Plants 



CHAPTER III : From Spore to Mushroom 



CHAPTER IV : The Key .... 



What a key is, and whv a name is desirable 

 How a key for fungi is made, and why it is 



desirable ..... 

 The Key 



CHAPTER V : Fungi with Gills . 



i. white-spored series 



Genus Amanita . 



Death Cup; Poison Amanita 



Fly Amanita . 



Orange Amanita . 



Comparison of Three Yellow Amanitas 

 Genus Cantharellus 



Cantharellus floccosus . 

 Genus Amanitopsis 



The Sheathed Amanitopsis 



Amanitopsis parcivolvata 

 Genus Mycena 



Mycena hsematopoda 

 Genus Lentinus . 



Scaly Lentinus 

 Genus Pleurotus . 



Oyster Mushroom . 



Pleurotus sapidus . 



Elm Pleurotus 

 Genus Hygrophorus 



Chanterelle Hygrophorus 



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