Glossary 



HAUSTO'RIUM (pi. HAUSTO'RIA) (haustor, a drawer, <^haurire, pp. haitstus, draw), 

 special branch of filamentous mycelium, which serves as an organ of adhesion 

 and suction. 



HEMIANGIOCAR'POUS (hemi, half, -f Gr. a vessel, a case), partly angiocarpous as 

 those agarics where the hyrnenium is at first enclosed by a veil or otherwise and 

 later becomes exposed. 



HEPATIC (hepaticus, of the liver), pertaining to the liver, hence liver-colored; 

 brownish-red. 



HERBIC'OLOUS, growing on herbaceous plants. 



HETEROGENEOUS (Gr. one of two), of a structure which is different from adjacent 

 ones. 



HIBERNAC'ULUM (pi. HiBERNAc'uLA) (winter residence, < hibernare, pass the win- 

 ter), applied to bodies which are the forms in which certain fungi (e, g. Typhulte) 

 pass the winter. 



HTRSUTE / (hirsutits, rough, shaggy, bristly), hairy with stiff hairs. 



HIR / TO-VER / RUCOSE, bearing hairs grouped in wart-like masses. 



HIS'PID (hispidus, rough, shaggy, bristly), having strong hairs or bristles; bristly. 



HOAR'Y, covered with short dense grayish-white hairs ; canesceut. 



HOLO-, (Gr. entire, complete in all parts), a prefix signifying entire; whole. 



HOMOGE'NEOUS (Gr. one and the same, + kind), similar in structure; of the same 

 character. 



HOST, the name given to any plant or animal supporting a parasitic fungus. 



HOMOLOGOUS (Gr. agreeing, correspondent), having the same relative position, 

 proportion, value or structure; having correspondence or likeness. 



HU'MUS (earth, ground, soil), vegetable mold; woody fiber in a state of decay. 



HY'ALINE (Gr. clear), colorless; transparent; clear like glass. 



HYGROMET'RIC (Gr. wet, moist, + a measure, + ic), readily absorbing and retain- 

 ing moisture. 



HYGROPH'ANOUS (Gr. moist; Gr. to show), of a watery appearance when moist 

 and opaque when dry. 



HYGROSCOP'IC, having the property of absorbing moisture from the atmosphere ; 

 sensitive to moisture. 



HYME'NIUM (hymenial, belonging to the hymenium ; Gr. a membrane), the fruit- 

 bearing surface ; e. g. covering intimately each side of the gills of an Agaric. 



HY'MEXOMYCE'TES (Gr. a mushroom, + Gr. a membrane), a group of Basidiorny- 

 cetes having the hymenium on the free, exposed surface of the sporophore. 



HY'MENOPHORE, HYMENOPH / ORUM (Gr. a membrane, -f to bear), the structure 

 which bears the hymenium ; in Agarics e. g. the under surface of the pileus to 

 which the gills are attached. 



HY'PHA (pi. H^'PH^E), the elementary filament or thread of a fungus; a cylindric 

 thread-like branched body developing by apical growth, and usually becoming 

 transversely septate. 



HY'PHAL, of or pertaining to the hypha. 



HYPOCRATER'IFORM (Gr. the stand of a crater, -f forma, form), having the shape 

 of a cylindrical cup the margin of which turns outward ; salver-shaped. 



HYPOGJE'OUS, HYPOGE'AL, HYPOGE'OUS (hypogceous, underground), subterranean; 

 forming below the surface of the ground. 



HYPOG'ENOUS (Gr. under, + produced, + ous), growing on the under surface. 



HYPOPHYI/LOUS (foltum, a leaf, + ous), growing on the under side of a leaf. 



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