The Thelephoraceæ of North America (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Thelephoraceæ of North America Europe. In the later pages names of the many botanists who have participated in this work by the contribution of speci mens from their respective regions are given in connection with the specimens. I feel my obligation to each of these cor respondents. Having become thoroughly familiar with the species of a family of fungi, one then faces the task of deciding under what genera they shall be grouped in order that others may more easily recognize them. Our studies in systematic botany and the accumulations of plants in herbaria are primarily for the purpose of enabling those who wish to Obtain information about any particular plant, however Obscure, to determine its name accurately and so be in a position to get at the world's literature and knowledge concerning that species, and also to enable botanists so to entitle and index their researches that the results will be more available to the world at large. Stability in the nomenclature of plants is therefore important, and revo lutionary changes in generic conceptions should not be lightly and frequently made. Whenever one proposes new genera to supersede a well-established genus which has satisfactorily embraced the related species of the world, the burden of proof should be on the one who makes the change to demonstrate that the advantages from the innovation will more than com pensate for the confusion which would result as well as for the loss of knowledge indexed under the superseded name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.