Transcriber's Notes:
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Page 17 [A] For analytical keys to the families and genera see Chapter XXII. Changed Chapter XXII to XXIV. Apparently Chapters were added making these references outdated.
Page 18 [B] For analytical key to the genera see Chapter XXII. Changed Chapter XXII to XXIV.
Page 32 The spores are black in mass, not purple tinged. For analytical keys to the genera see Chapter XXII. Changed XXII to XXIV.
Page 33 Changed kornos to kopros in accordance with printed correction list.
Page 52 The spores are white in mass, or sometimes with a faint yellowish or lilac tinge. For analytical keys to the genera see Chapter XXII. Changed XXII to XXIV.
Page 54 Figures 52–54 are from plants (No. 2065 C. U. herbarium) collected in an open woods near Ithaca. For the poisonous property of the plant see Chapter XX. Changed Chapter XX to Chapter XXII.
Page 58 condition of the circumsissle Changed to circumscissile.
Page 60 as A. verna; the pilus convex, the annulus broad and entire, Changed to pileus.
Page 69 a few remnants of the volva, striate on the margin, and 1-.5 cm. Unchanged, although 1–1.5 cm. may have been intended.
Page 71 Facing Plate 19 Fig. 2.—A. cæsaria. Changed to cæsarea.
Page 104 often in a recticulate fashion. The spores are white, oblong, 7–10 µ Changed to 'reticulate'.
Page 132 variations being due to numbers of colored cystida Changed to cystidia.
Page 138 The spores are rosy, pink, salmon colored, flesh colored, or reddish. For analytical keys to the genera see Chapter XXII. Changed Chapter XXII to XXIV.
Page 148 The pileus is convex and umbilcate, somewhat membranaceous, smooth, Changed to umbilicate.
Page 150 The spores are ochre yellow, rusty, rusty-brown, or some shade of yellow. For analytical keys to the genera see Chapter XXII. Changed XXII to XXIV.
Page 155 membraneous, ovate or companulate Changed to campanulate.
Page 164 during May and June, 1898, in a freshly manured grass plat between plat = a portion of flat, even ground.
Page 182 were found in open woods under Kalmia were the sun had an opportunity Changed to 'where the sun'.
Page 209 giant buff-ball, and the L. cyathiforme, where the wall or peridium Changed to 'puff-ball'.
Page 220 Changed Gyromytra to Gyromitra in accordance with the corrections list.
Page 226 then the specimen must be covered with a bell-bar or other receiver Changed to 'bell-jar'.
Page 265 or compartment where there is little moisture, until the bricks are Unchanged. Although, 'a little moisture' seems to make more sense.
Page 283 also wash and remove the pores from half a dozen good sized "beefsteak" Changed to 'spores'.
Page 290 made, but it may be assumed that the soluble cabohydrates Changed to carbohydrates.
Page 307 honey-combed surface, or recticulate, Changed to 'reticulate'.
Page 309 Gills not decurrent, plants parastic on other mushrooms. Changed to parasitic.
Page 310 4—Stipe tenaceous, margin of pileus first incurved. Changed to tenacious.
Page 320 carnucopioides (Craterellus), 208. Changed to cornucopioides.
Page 322 spreta (Amanita), 69. Relocated alphbetically 2 lines up from original.
Hyphenation Some hyphenation is inconsistent depending on whether it is used in text or in an index/glossary.
Accents Some accents are inconsistent between text and illustration captions.
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