The Fungus-Hunter's Guide

AMATEUR mycologists, however well acquainted they may be with the structure of Fungi and with the characters upon which the various orders and genera of them have been founded, often find themselves bewildered in the field, or forgetful of the nomenclature and means of identification. There are so many names to be remembered, and so many minute structural definitions to be borne in mind, that it is little wonder this should be so. Indeed, it would require a marvelously retentive memory, as well as long years of experience, to enable any one to carry in his head al that is here set forth, and to be able to apply it at once and unerringly. The Author has been in the habit of carrying a pocket-book about with him, when engaged in hunting for Fungi, wherein he had noted various memoranda useful for the rapid identification of anything found. From these materials the present little work has grown.