Glossary 



BRANCHED (brancha, claw), dividing from the sides; also styled furcate and forked ; 



ramifying, diverging. 

 BRICK, trade-term for a mass of mushroom spawn, in dimensions the size of a brick 



of masonry. 

 BRICK RED (testaceus, lateritius, rutihis), a dull brownish-red color like the color 



of burnt bricks. 



BROAD, wide or deep vertically, not narrow. 

 BROCCOLI COLOR, the color of a variety of cabbage. 



BUFF (hiteits, luteolus), alight dull brownish-yellow, like the color of dressed buck- 

 skin or chamois. 

 BUI/BOUS (bulbosits, <^bulbus, bulb), said of the stem of a mushroom when it has a 



bulb-like swelling at the base. 

 BYSSA'CEOUS, BYS'SOID (as if byssaceus, < byssus), resembling or consisting of fine 



filaments like the flax or cotton. 

 BYS'SUS (Gr. originally a fine yellowish flax), an old name for the filamentous 



mycelium of certain fungi. 



C^RU'LEUS, CERU'LEOS (ccvruleus, dark-blue, dark -green, dark colored), light blue; 

 sky-blue. 



C-E'SIOUS (ccesius, bluish-gray), pale, bluish-gray; lavender colored. 



C.ES'PITOSE, C.ES'PITOUS, CEs'piTOSE (ccvspitosus , <ccesposMs, a clump of turf), grow- 

 ing in tufts or clumps. 



CALCAREOUS (calcarius, pertaining to lime, <^calyx, lime), chalky, chalk-like. 



CALLOSITY, CALLUS (callosita, <^callosus, callous), a hard or thickened spot or pro- 

 tuberance. 



CALYP'TRA {Gr. a veil, hence calyptra, a hood), applied e. g. to the portion of the 

 volva covering the pileus. 



CAMPAN'ULATE (campana, a bell), bell-shaped. 



CANALICULATE (canaliculus, a little channel), channeled, furrowed. 



CAN'CELLATE (cancellatus , pp. of cancellare, make like or provide with a lattice), 

 latticed, marked both longitudinally and transversely with an open network. 



CAN'DIDOUS (candidus), shining white. 



CANES / CENT > (cawescen(f-)s, pp. of canescere, <canws, white or hoary), having whitish, 

 grayish or hoary pubescence. 



CAP, pileus; the expanded, umbrella-like receptacle of the common mushroom. 



CAPILLARY (capillaris, pertaining to the hair, <^capillus, the hair), pertaining to or 

 resembling hair. 



CAPIL'LIFORM (capillus, hair, -f forma, form), in the shape or form of a hair. 



CAPILLIT'IUM {capillus, hair), spore-bearing threads, filling as a packing material 

 the fruiting part of certain fungi, variable in thickness and color, sometimes con- 

 tinuous with the sterile base, sometimes free, dense, persistent or lax and evanes- 

 cent, often branched ; found in the Lycoperdons. 



CAPITATE (capitatus, having a head, <copw, head), having a head, or the form of a 

 head. 



CAPIT'ULUM (capitulum, a small head, <^caput, head), a small head. 



CAP X SULE (capsula, a small box or chest, dim. of capsa, a box), an enclosing envel- 

 ope usually thin and membranous. 



CARBONACEOUS (carbon -f- aceous), rigid, blackish and brittle; like or composed of 

 carbon or coaly matter. 



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