UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 175 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



April 29, 1915 



MUSHROOMS AND OTHER COMMON 



FUNGI 



By 



FLORA W. PATTERSON, Mycologist, and VERA K. CHARLES 



Assistant Mycologist, Office of Pathological Collections 



and Inspection Work 



CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Morphological Structure of Mushrooms 



and Certain other Fungi .... 3 



Descriptions of Species 4 



Agaricacea? 5 



Polyporacese (Pore Fungi) 37 



Hydnacese 43 



Tremellaceae (Jelly Fungi) 44 



Clavariaceae (Coral Fungi) 46 



Gasteromycetes 



Phallaceae (Stinkhorn Fungi) . . . 



Lycoperdaceae 



Sclerodermacese 



Nidulariacese (Bird's-Nest Fungi) . 



Ascomycetes 



Poisonous or Suspected Mushrooms 



Glossary 



Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms . . . 

 Reference Books Useful to the Amateur 



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WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



