416 GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



I/nmarginate, without a distinct margin. 



Immersed, originating beneath the surface of the matrix, or beneath the 

 soil. 



Incised, cut. 



Incrassated, thickened. 



Indeterminate, undefined, without any distinct boundary. 



Inflated, swollen like a bladder, puffed out. 



Jnflexed, curved or bent inwards. 



Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped, a tube below and gradually enlarging 

 upwards. 



Innate, born within, originating within the matrix or within the sub- 

 stance of the plant. 



Innato-sessile, the base of the receptacle beneath the surface of the 

 matrix, without a stem and somewhat immersed. 



Involute, rolled inwards ; applied to the margin of the cup when it is 

 rolled inwards. 



Irregular, not in a uniform line or circle, unsymmetrical. 



Lacerated, torn. 



Laciniate, fringed. 



Lacunose, having little cavities, pitted. 



Lanceolate, shaped like the head of a spear, narrow and tapering at 



each end. 



Lateritious, of a brick-red colour. 

 Lentiform, lens-shaped. 

 Linear, in a line, where the sides of a spore or other cell are parallel, 



and the length considerably longer than the breadth. 

 Livid, pale bluish or leaden grey. 

 Lobate, Lobed, divided into lobes. 

 Lurid, of a dingy brown. 

 Lutescent, yellowish, pale yellow. 

 Luteus, yellow, like the flowers of woad (Isatis tinctoria). 



Mar gin ate, having a distinct margin. 



Matrix, anything on which a fungus grows. 



Mealy, covered with a scurfy powder. 



Membranaceoitip, thin, and more or less transparent. 



Mitrate, bonnet-shaped, a rounded and folded pileus. 



Moniliform, necklace-like. 



Mucous, slimy, of the consistence of gum. 



Multi-, a prefix indicating many; as mwZfa'guttulate, having many 



guttulse. 



Muricate, rough with short points. 

 Muriform, where the contents of a sporidium are arranged or divided 



like the masonry of a stone wall. 

 Mycelioid, in the form of mycelium. 

 Mycelium, the hyphee or filaments produced from fungus spores. 



