Mycelitha 



Myrrh 



the layer formed by the interweav- 

 ing of the hyphae ; Myce'litha (X^os, 

 a stone), an old term for SCLERO- 

 TIUM ; mycetogenet'ic (yfvfrrj?, a 

 parent), producing Fungi ; ~ 

 Metamorph'osis, deformation of 

 parts by Fungi ; mycetog-'enous 

 (ytvos, race, offspring), producing 

 Fungi ; ~ Chloran'thy, the deve- 

 lopment, of green in organs nor- 

 mally of some other colour, due to 

 a fungous parasite ; ~ Chlor'isis. 

 where the chlorophyll is bleached 

 by the action of hyphae of some 

 Fungus (Tubeuf) ; my'cetoid, myce- 

 toi'dem (elSos, like), fungoid ; with 

 the appearance of Fungi ; Myce- 

 tol'ogy, Mycetolo'gia (X^os, dis- 

 course) = MYCOLOGY ; Myce'tozoa 

 (&ov, an animal), De Eary's term 

 for MYXOOASTRES ; adj. myceto- 

 zo'an; My'cina, in Lichens, a globu- 

 lar stipitate apothecium ; Mycoce- 

 cid'ium (/njK-iy, Kr/Kldos, a gall-nut), 

 a gall produced by a Fungus ; My- 

 codoma'tia (dw/MTiov, a little house), 

 fungus-chambers, formations of 

 peculiar character found on the 

 roots of plants, regarded by Frank 

 as possessed of the power of at- 

 tracting Fungi and digesting them ; 

 Mycol'ogist (\6yos, discourse), one 

 skilled in the knowledge of Fungi ; 

 Mycol'ogy. the science of Fungi ; 

 Mycomy'cophytes (<f>vr&v, a plant), 

 Marchand's term to include Fungi 

 and certain Lichens ; Mycophy'to- 

 phytes, the same writer's name for 

 the remaining Lichens ; My'coplasm 

 firXdcr^a, moulded), Frank's term 

 for bacteroids, as the Rhizobia on 

 leguminiferous roots ; Mycoplas'- 

 ma, Eriksson's term for a latent 

 symbiotic form of Puccima which 

 may exist in the seed and develop 

 into a mycelium when the host has 

 grown into a plant ; Mycopro'tein 

 ( + PROTEIN), a gelatinous albu- 

 minoid resembling protoplasm, of 

 which the putrefactive bacteria 

 are composed ; Mycorhi'zome ( + 

 RHIZOME), myenrrhiza-like struc- 

 ture in Corallorhiza and Epipoyum 



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r oots ; Mycorrhi'za (pi'fa, a root), 

 Symbiotic Fungi on the roots of 

 plants, prothallia, etc,. ; they may 

 be ectotrop'ic, ~ entirely outside, 

 or endotrop'ic. ~ entirely within 

 the cells ; My'cose, My'cosin, the 

 special nitrogenous substance of 

 the cell-wall in Fungi corres- 

 ponding to the animal substance 

 chitin (Qilson) ; Myco'sis, a disease 

 in animal tissue caused by species 

 of Eurotium : My'crocyst MICRO- 

 CYST ; Mvcropro'tein = MYCOPRO- 

 TEIN ; Mv'cropvle = MICROPYLE ; 

 My'crozvme = MTCROZYME. 

 Myioph'ilae (wa. a fly, ^tXe'w, I love), 

 plants which are fertilised by dip- 

 tera ; their flowers are dull in 

 colour and their odours are dis- 

 agreeable to man. 



mykoklep'tic ((idmjs, a mushroom, 

 /fXeTTrt/cAy, thievish), applied to 

 the hairs on the rhizome of Corallor- 

 hizn innafa, R. Br., "which seize 

 the mycelium." 

 myoch'rous (/xCy, a mouse, \povs, of 



the skin), mouse-coloured. 

 Myrmecodoma'tia (^I'p^l, an ant, 

 8u[j.6.Tiov, a little house), shelters 

 formed by plants in which ants 

 live : myrmecoph/ilous (0tX^w, I 

 love), plants which are in- 

 habited by ants and offer special- 

 ised shelters or food for them ; 

 Myrmecoph'ilism, the state describ- 

 ed ; further particularised by War- 

 burg, as myrmecod'omous (Sd^os, 

 a house), affording shelter only ; 

 myrmecotroph'ic (rpo^r?, food), 

 furnishing food ; myrmecox'enous 

 (f^os, a host), supplying both 

 food and shelter ; Mynne'cophytes 

 (<f>\irov, a plantl, ant-plaits ; Myr- 

 mecosymbio'sis ( + SYMBIOSIS), the 

 mutual relations between the ants 

 and their host-plants ; adj. myr- 

 mecosymbio'tic. 



My'rosin (jjivpov, sweet juice), a gluco- 

 side occurring in the seed of 

 Brafisica sinapoides, Roth, and 

 other Crucifers. 



Myrrh, an aromatic gum-resin yielded 

 by Commipliora Myrrha, Engl. 



