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PREFACE. 
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The Tribe of which some Figures are here given is so numerous, that in a Work 
of this character it is not possible to introduce more than a selection. The Author 
has therefore chosen for notice such specimens mainly as are common to her own 
neighbourhood in Shropshire, and which make meadow, hill, and valley gay by their 
abundance. 
In these Engravings it is hoped that the purchaser of the Work will recognize 
many Fungi familiar to him, and be induced to refer to larger and more scientific 
publications to study their history and uses. For the authorities of the names, and 
detailed descriptions of the species, the reader is referred to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley’s 
4 Outlines of British Fungology,’ the nomenclature' of that Author having been 
adhered to throughout. 
This opportunity is taken of thanking those who have kindly given assistance to 
the Work; and the Author trusts that purchasers may suffer no disappointment when 
using it as a book of reference so far as it extends. 
Bitterley , near Ludlow. 
1864. 
