Chapter I

. Why Study Mushrooms? 1

Mushrooms and Toadstools 3

What Any One May Eat 4

How to Preserve Mushrooms 5

Terms Used 5

What Is a Fungus or a Mushroom? 10

Six Groups of Mushrooms 12

Group I--Hymenomycetes 13

Family I--Agaricaceæ 13

Spore Prints 14

Analytical Key 16

## Chapter II . The White-Spored Agarics 20

## Chapter III . The Rosy-Spored Agarics 236

## Chapter IV . The Rusty-Spored Agarics 257

## Chapter V . The Purple-Brown-Spored Agarics 307

## Chapter VI . The Black-Spored Agarics 331

## Chapter VII . Polyporaceæ. Tube-Bearing Fungi 350

## Chapter VIII . Fungi With Teeth 432

## Chapter IX . Thelephoraceæ 450

## Chapter X . Clavariaceæ--Coral Fungi 459

## Chapter XI . Tremellini 477

## Chapter XII . Ascomycetes--Spore-Sac Fungi 485

## Chapter XIII . Nidulariaceæ--Bird's Nest Fungi 517

## Chapter XIV . Group Gastromycetes 522

## Chapter XV . Lycoperdaceæ--Puff-Balls 531

## Chapter XVI . Sphæriaceæ 573

## Chapter XVII . Myxomycetes 577

## Chapter XVIII . Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms 582

## Chapter XIX . How to Grow Mushrooms 586

Glossary 595

A Brief History of Mycologists 598

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