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Transcriber's Notes
A few words are variably hyphenated. They are unchanged from the
original. They include uredospores, subglobose, and puffballs.
Page 23 footnote K:
a genus of parasitic Sph[oe]riaceous fungi.
changed to
a genus of parasitic Sphæriaceous fungi.
Page 29
HYPOG[OE]I.--These are subterranean
and
The hypog[oe]ous fungi are curiously connected
Changed [oe] to æ to match others in text.
Page 95
informs us that he has eaten _Boletus lurdius_
changed to
informs us that he has eaten _Boletus luridus_
Page 188
separate themselves by a partion from the sterigma
changed to
separate themselves by a partition from the sterigma
Page 205
like relations to other sph[oe]riaceous fungi.
changed to
like relations to other sphæriaceous fungi.
Page 284
including such cosmopolitan forms as _Sphæria hebarum_
changed to
including such cosmopolitan forms as _Sphæria herbarum_
Page 284
_Hirneola auricula-judaæ_
changed to
_Hirneola auricula-judæ_