Names of the Principal Reporters of American Species

Alabama	Lucien M. Underwood, F.S. Earle (U. and E.).
California	H.W. Harkness, Justin P. Moore (H. and M.), Wm. Phillips.
Canada	John Dearness.
Connecticut	—- Wright.
Florida	—- Calkins.
Georgia	Berry Benson, H.N. Starnes, Val W. Starnes.
Illinois	Frederick J. Brændle.
Indiana	H.I. Miller, Dr. J.R. Weist.
Iowa	Charles E. Bessey, T.H. Macbride.
Kansas	F.W. Cragin, Elam Bartholomew,
	W.A. Kellerman.
Kentucky	C.G. Lloyd, A.P. Morgan.
Louisiana	Rev. A.B. Langlois.
Maryland	Miss Mary E. Banning.
Massachusetts	Charles C. Frost, W.G. Farlow, James L. Bennett, Charles J. Sprague, Robert K. Macadam, Julius A. Palmer, Hollis Webster.
Minnesota	Asa Emory Johnson.
Mississippi	U.S. Geological Survey.
Missouri	William Trelease.
Nebraska	Charles E. Bessey, F.E. Clements, —-- Webber.
New Brunswick	A.C. Waghorne, James Fowler.
New England	Boston Mycological Club.
New Jersey	J.B. Ellis, Benjamin Everhart, E.B. Sterling, Charles McIlvaine.
New York	Charles H. Peck, George F. Atkinson, John Torrey.
North Carolina	Rev. M.A. Curtis,
	Rev. Lewis de Schweinitz,
	Charles McIlvaine.
Nova Scotia	Dr. John Somers.
Ohio	Charles G. Lloyd, A.P. Morgan, W.S. Sullivant.
Oregon	Dr. Harry Lane.
Pennsylvania	Dr. William Herbst, Rev. Lewis de Schweinitz, Charles McIlvaine, Philadelphia Mycological Center.
Rhode Island	James L. Bennett.
South Carolina	Dr. H.W. Ravenel.
West Virginia	Charles McIlvaine, L.W. Nuttall.
Wisconsin	W.F. Bundy, William Trelease.

PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF AGARICS.

Figs.

A. B. C. D. E. Stages of development of an agaric.
F. Gills shedding spores.

Figs.

A. Spore-print.
G. Section of gill magnified.

GILL SHAPES.

2. Gills rounded in front (anteriorly.)

3. Gills rounded behind (posteriorly.)

4. Gills lanceolate.

5. Gills ventricose.

6. Gills unequal; cap convex.

7. Gills adnexed.

8. Gills emarginate, also adnate and having decurrent tooth.

10. Gills flexuose; waved.

11. Gills dichotomous.

12. Gills free; cap broadly umbonate.

13. Gills narrow; cap margin reflexed.

14. Gills slightly adnexed; cap umbonate; margin involute.

15. Gills decurrent; cap umbilicate.

RING SHAPES AND POSITIONS; VOLVA SHAPES.

2. Ring medial, pendulous.

3. Ring inferior (low down).

4. Ring narrow, fragments appendiculate.

5. Ring fibrillose.

7. Volva free.

8. Volva separating, circumscissile.

9. Volva irregularly, circumscissile.

10. Volva friable, disappearing.

CLASS, FUNGI