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Title: European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae

Author: George Massee

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EUROPEAN FUNGUS FLORA

AGARICACEAE

EUROPEAN FUNGUS FLORA

AGARICACEAE

GEORGE MASSEE, F.L.S.,

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT (CRYPTOGAMS), ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW.

PRESIDENT OF THE QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB; CHAIRMAN OF THE
MYCOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION; MEMBER OF
THE SCOTTISH CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND
INSTITUTE; HON. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, WINDSOR
AND ETON SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY,
ESSEX FIELD CLUB, &c.

AUTHOR OF _A TEXT-BOOK OF PLANT DISEASES_; _BRITISH FUNGI_; _BRITISH
FUNGUS-FLORA_; _A MONOGRAPH OF THE MYXOGASTRES_; &c., &c.

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London
DUCKWORTH & CO.
3 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.

1902

Cambridge:
PRINTED BY J. AND C. F. CLAY,
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

_To my friend Dr M. C. Cooke, to whom in matters Mycological I cannot
sufficiently express my indebtedness; I have much pleasure in dedicating
this attempt to introduce to British Mycologists, the Agarics of
European countries._

_GEO. MASSEE._

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Dedication iii
Preface v
Agaricaceae, definition of 1
Agaricaceae, definition of sections of 1
Leucosporae, analysis of genera 1
Abbreviations 3
Chlorosporae, analysis of genera 118
Rhodosporae, analysis of genera 118
Ochrosporae, analysis of genera 138
Melanosporae, analysis of genera 203
Addenda 241
Corrections 244
Bibliography