326 GLOSSARY. 



Thelephora ; e?5oy, form), resembling a Merisma i.e. having a branched 

 or laciniate pileus. 



MYCELIUM (/iv/crjs, a fungus), spawn of fungi resulting from the germination 

 of spores ; in Agarics e.g. forming root-like threads. 



OBCONIC (ob ; conus, a cone), inversely conical. 

 OBOVATE (ob ; ovum, an egg), inversely egg-shaped. 



PAPILLATE (papilla, a nipple), furnished with one or more nipple -like 



elevations. 

 PARTIAL (pars, a part), of a veil clothing the stem and reaching to the edge 



of the pileus, but not extending beyond it. 

 PECTINATE (pecten, a comb), like the teeth of a comb. 

 PELLICULOSE (pellis, skin), furnished with a pellicle or distinct skin. 

 PENCILLED (penicillum, a painter's brush), with pencil-like hairs either on the 



tip or border. 

 PERONATE (pero, a kind of high boot), sheathed ; of a stem e.g. which has a 



covering like a legged boot. 



PERVIOUS (per, through ; via, a way), forming an open tube-like passage. 

 PILEUS (pileus, a hat), a part of the receptacle of a fungus ; e.g. the cap-like 



head of Agarics. 



PILEOLI, secondary pilei ; arising from the division of a primary pileus. 

 PILOSE (pilus, a hair), covered with hairs. 

 PORIFORM (porus, a pore ; forma, form), in the form of pores. 

 POROUS, furnished with pores. 

 PROLIFEROUS (proles, offspring ; fero, to bear), applied to an organ which 



gives rise to secondary ones of the same kind. 

 PRUINOSE (pruina, hoar-frost), covered with frost-like bloom. 

 PRUNIFORM (prunus, a plum ; forma, form), plum-shaped. 

 PULVINATE (pulvinus, a cushion), cushion-shaped. 

 PUNCTATE (punctus, a point), dotted with points. 



QUATERNATE (quatuor, four ; nascor, to be born), arranged in groups of 

 four. 



REMOTE (removeo, to remove), of gills which do not reach the stem, but leave 



a free space between them and it. 



RENIFORM (renes, the kidneys ; forma, form), kidney-shaped. 

 REPAND (repando, to throw open), bent backwards. 

 RESUPINATE (resupino, to throw on the back), lying on the back ; of an 



Agaric e.g. lying on the back without a stem ; or of fungi spread over the 



matrix without any stem and with the hymenium upwards. 

 REVOLUTE (revolvo, to roll back), rolled backwards ; of the margin of a 



pileus e.g., the opposite of involute. 

 RIMOSE (rima, a crack), cracked. 

 RING, a part of the veil adhering in the form of a ring to the stem of an 



Agaric. 



RIVULOSE (rivula, a small stream), marked with lines like rivulets. 

 RUBIGINOUS (rubigo, rust), rust-coloured. 

 RUFESCENT (rufesco, to become reddish), reddish in colour. 

 RUGOSE (ruga, a wrinkle), wrinkled. 



