1900


Copyright, 1900
By A. J. DREXEL BIDDLE


Press of
DREXEL BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA




“_Have you not seen in the woods on a late autumn morning
a poor fungus or mushroom--a plant without any solidity, nay,
that seemed nothing but a soft mush or jelly--by its constant
total and inconceivably gentle pushing, manage to break its way
up through the frosty ground, and actually to lift a hard crust
on its head? It is the symbol of the power of kindness._”

Emerson.




PREFACE.


The books which have been consulted in the preparation of this work are,
“British Fungi,” by Rev. John Stevenson; “British Fungus-Flora,” by