Glossary 



HYPOTHE'CIUM (Gh\ under, a case), layer of hyphal tissue immediately beneath a 

 hymenium. 



IDENTIFICATION, the determination of a genus and species to which a given speci- 

 men belongs. 



IM'BRICATE, IM'BRICATED (imbricatus, pp. of imbricare, cover with gutter tiles ; form 

 like a gutter tile), to lay or lap one over another, like shingles. 



IMMAR'GINATE (in, negative ; marginatus, marginate), without a well-defined margin. 



IMMEHSKD' (immersus, pp. of immergere, dip or plunge into), sunk into the matrix; 

 originating beneath the surface of the matrix or of the ground ; growing wholly 

 under water. 



IMPER'FORATE (in, not, + perforatus, pp. of perforare, perforate), without any aper- 

 ture. 



INCANES / CENT (incanescen(t-*)s, ppr. of incanescere, become gray or hoary), somewhat 

 or slightly canescent. 



INCAR'NATE (in, in, on, + caro (earn), flesh), flesh-colored. 



INCISED' (incisus, pp. incindere, cut into), appearing as if cut into; having marginal 

 slits or notches. 



INCRAS'SATED (incrassatus, pp. of incrassare, <^in, in; crassare, make thick), becom- 

 ing thicker by degrees, swelling or swollen. 



INCRUS X TING (incrustare, cover with a rind or crust, <in, on, + crusta, a crust), form- 

 ing a crust-like coating. 



INDEHIS'CENT, applied to a peridium which does not open spontaneously at maturity ; 

 the spores within it becoming freed by its decay. 



INDIF'FERENT, primitive, homogenous, not developed into parts or organs of differ- 

 ent structure or function. 



INDIG'ENOTK (indigena, a native), native of a country. 



INDIGO BUTE, a dark blue-color like the indigo of commerce. 



IN'DURATED (induratus, pp. otindurare, harden, <i,in, + durare, harden), hardened. 



INDTJ'SIDM (L. a tunic, <induere, put on), in certain phalloids, an appendage or 

 veil hanging from the apex of the stem beneath the pileus. 



INFE'RIOR (inferior, lower) , growing below some other part ; of the ring of an Agaric 

 which is far down on the stem. 



INFLA'TED, swollen like a bladder. 



INFLEXEI/ (inflexus, pp. inflexere, bent), bent inward. 



INFUNTJIB'ULIFORM (infimdibulum, a funnel; forma, form), funnel-shaped. 



INHIBITION (inhibitio(n-) , a restraining, <^inhibere, restrain), the lowering of the 

 action oi a nervous mechanism by nervous impulses reaching it from a connected 

 mechanism. 



IN'NATE (innattis, pp. of innasci, <m, into; nascor, to be born), originating within 

 the substance of the plant or matrix ; appearing to be within or blending with 

 the substance of a part. 



INORGANIC, not produced by vital processes ; not organic. 



ISABELLA COLOR (ahttaceus), a light grayish-cinnamon color, or light buff-brown. 



INSERTED (insertus, pp. inserere, to insert), growing like a graft from its stock; at- 

 tached to or growing out of some other part. 



INSITI'TIOUS (insitio, an ingrafting, <.inserere, pp. insitus, sow or plant, ingraft), 

 inserted. 



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