Fungi, from morphological, biological, and physiological standpoints respectively, has increased by leaps and bounds. This extended knowledge is reflected in the improved method of classification adopted at the present time, which, in many instances, is no longer solely based on morphological analogies derived from a cursory examination of mature forms, but on the sequence of development and linking up in many instances of the various phases included in the life-cycle of a species. The object of this little book is to serve, in some measure, as an introduction to those comparatively new lines of research, and also to indicate where fuller information may be obtained. The chapter on Biologic Forms was kindly prepared at my request by Mr. E. S. Salmon, F.L.S., our chief exponent of this subject, to whom I take this opportunity of repeating my best thanks.
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