X. The Tube Bearing Fungi; Polyporaceae, 171
Chapter X. Hedgehog Fungi; Hydnaceae, 195
Chapter XI. Coral Fungi; Clavariaceae, 200
Chapter XII. The Trembling Fungi; Tremellineae, 204
Chapter XIII. Thelephoraceae, 208
Chapter XIV. Puff-Balls; Lycoperdaceae, 209
Chapter XV. Stinkhorn Fungi; Phalloideae, 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. 288
Clark),
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 [Greek: _kornos_] read [Greek: _kopros_].

Page 220, lines 6 and 9, for _Gyromytra_ read Gyromitra.

CHAPTER I.

FORM AND CHARACTERS OF THE