In this edition have been added 10 plates of mushrooms of which I did not have photographs when the first edition was printed. It was possible to accomplish this without changing the paging of any of the descriptive part, so that references to all of the plants in either edition will be the same.
There are also added a chapter on the "Uses of Mushrooms," and an extended chapter on the "Cultivation of Mushrooms." This subject I have been giving some attention to for several years, and in view of the call for information since the appearance of the first edition, it seemed well to add this chapter, illustrated by several flashlight photographs.
G. F. A.
September, 1901.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| | | PAGE |
| Chapter I. | [Form and Characters of the Mushrooms,] | 1 |
| Chapter II. | [Development of the Mushroom,] | 5 |
| Chapter III. | [Gill Bearing Fungi; Agaricaceæ,] | 17 |
| Chapter IV. | [The Purple-Brown-Spored Agarics,] | 18 |
| Chapter V. | [The Black-Spored Agarics,] | 32 |
| Chapter VI. | [The White-Spored Agarics,] | 52 |
| Chapter VII. | [The Rosy-Spored Agarics,] | 138 |
| Chapter VIII. | [The Ochre-Spored Agarics,] | 150 |
| Chapter IX. | [The Tube Bearing Fungi; Polyporaceæ,] | 171 |
| Chapter X. | [Hedgehog Fungi; Hydnaceæ,] | 195 |
| Chapter XI. | [Coral Fungi; Clavariaceæ,] | 200 |
| Chapter XII. | [The Trembling Fungi; Tremellineæ,] | 204 |
| Chapter XIII. | [Thelephoraceæ,] | 208 |
| Chapter XIV. | [Puff-Balls; Lycoperdaceæ,] | 209 |
| Chapter XV. | [Stinkhorn Fungi; Phalloideæ,] | 213 |
| Chapter XVI. | [Morels, Cup-Fungi, Helvellas, etc., Discomycetes,] | 216 |
| Chapter XVII. | [Collection and Preservation of the Fleshy Fungi,] | 222 |
| Chapter XVIII. | [Selection and Preparation of Mushrooms for the Table,] | 229 |
| Chapter XIX. | [Uses of Mushrooms,] | 231 |
| | [Fungi in the Arts,] | 234 |
| Chapter XX. | [Cultivation of Mushrooms,] | 237 |
| | [The Cave Culture of Mushrooms in America,] | 239 |
| | [The House Culture of Mushrooms,] | 241 |
| | [Curing the Manure,] | 247 |
| | [Making up the Beds,] | 250 |
| | [What Spawn Is,] | 255 |
| | [Spawning the Beds,] | 263 |
| Chapter XXI. | [Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms (Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer),] | 277 |
| Chapter XXII. | [Chemistry and Toxicology of the Fungi (J. F. Clark),] | 288 |
| Chapter XXIII. | [Description of Terms applied to Certain Structural Characters of Mushrooms (H. Hasselbring),] | 298 |
| Appendix. | [Analytical Keys (The Author),] | 307 |
| | [Glossary of Technical Terms (The Author),] | 313 |
| | [Index to Genera and Illustrations,] | 315 |
| | [Index to Species,] | 321 |
CORRECTIONS.
Page 33, 10th line, for κορνὁς read κοπρὁς.
Page 220, lines 6 and 9, for Gyromytra read Gyromitra.
CHAPTER I.