PREFACE. Vll 
Bailey, although often fox' lack of sections these have not been 
all that could have been desired. As must be expected, a gi’eat 
number of badly dried Agarics, without a scrap of information, 
have been at once condemned as useless. 
In the preparation of this volume my thanks are due to Mr. 
VV. Phillips, of Shrewsbury, for his valuable assistance with 
I the Discomycetes, and also to Mr. G. Massee for his aid and 
counsel with the Gastx'omycetes and Myxomycetes ; and also to 
Mrs. Flora Martin for her unflagging energy in smoothing the 
way for the accomplishment of this long-cherislred design, now 
brought to a close. 
It has beon my endeavour, with the illustrations, to repre- 
sent each genus, and the principal subgenera, as much as 
possible by Australian examples. As for the classification and 
' arrangement, I accept the responsibility, and, if need be, shall 
g i be prepared to defend it. I can only hope that the publication 
:) | of this “ Handbook ” may prove a boon to the Colonies, and 
p justify their Governments in having given to it their liberal 
countenance and support. 
M. C. Cooke. 
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n;; London, 1892. 
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