CONTENTS 
PART I 
CHAPTER PAGE 
I. Development—The Spore, Mycelium, and Sporophore i 
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II. Methods of Spore Dispersal - - - -17 
III. Habitats ....... 23 
IV. Saprophytes and Parasites - - - 27 
V. Economic and Edible Species - - - - 34 
VI. On Collecting, Exhibiting, and Preserving Fungi - 37 
Bibliography - - - - - - - 45 
Glossary - - - - - - - 47 
PART II 
CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF 
SPECIES 
Gasteromycetes - - - - - * 57 
Hymenomycetes - - - - - - 74 
Ascomycetes ------- 181 
Appendix ....... 191 
Index of Species Illustrated .... 195 
Index -------- 201 
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