Introduction by Dr. W. A. Kellerman vii✦

Preface ix✦

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--Agaricaceae 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. Polyporaceae. Tube-Bearing Fungi 350✦

Chapter VIII. Fungi With Teeth 432✦

Chapter IX. Thelephoraceae 450✦

Chapter X. Clavariaceae--Coral Fungi 459✦

Chapter XI. Tremellini 477✦

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

Chapter XIII. Nidulariaceae--Bird's Nest Fungi 517✦

Chapter XIV. Group Gastromycetes 522✦

Chapter XV. Lycoperdaceae--Puff-Balls 531✦

Chapter XVI. Sphaeriaceae 573✦

Chapter XVII. Myxomycetes 577✦

Chapter XVIII. Recipes for Cooking Mushrooms 582✦