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Transcriber’s Notes

Inconsistent formatting, spelling and hyphenation have been retained, except as listed below.

The differences between the Table of Contents and the body text have not been standardised, except as mentioned below.

The name Léville may be a variant or misspelling of (Joseph-Henri) Léveillé.

Page 10, where man has distributed the habitat: possibly an error for ... disturbed the habitat.

Page 49, changing soot-colour: possibly an error for changing to soot-colour.

Page 68, to reclaim Helen his wife: Helen was his brother’s wife.

Page 88, blotched age: there may be one or more words missing.

Page 104, Many authorities prefer ...: a closing parenthesis is missing.

Page 187, non-violent disposal of spores: possibly an error for dispersal.

Changes made:

Illustrations have been moved out of text paragraphs and some lists and tables.

Some obvious minor misprints and typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently.

Page 22: reference to key 24 changed to key 25

Page 27: width 70-200 mm; length 20-30 mm changed to length 70-200 mm; width 20-30 mm

Page 45: Stem: changed to Stem:

Page 52: mm inserted after 20-50

Page 95: H. subradiat changed to H. subradiata;

Page 98: H. calytraeformis changed to H. calyptraeformis

Page 158: Hyndum changed to Hydnum

Page 174: 8-9 · 6-7 µm changed to 8-9 × 6-7 µm

Page 202: Marchella changed to Morchella; Léveille changed to Léville

Page 207: (i) added in section heading Fungi of dung and straw heaps

Page 212: patoullardii changed to patouillardii

Page 222: (a) added in section heading Sphagnum bogs

Page 231: (a) added in section heading Moorland fungi

Page 236: (b) added in section heading Mountain fungi and the so-called Basidiolichens

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