Glossary 



MEDULLARY, composed of or pertaining to a medulla. 

 MEGA- (Gfr. great, large), prefix signifying "great." 



MELANOS'POR.E (Gr. black, seed), a group of fungi having black spores. 

 MEMBRANA'CEOUS (membmnaceus, of skin or membrane, <imembrana, skin, mem- 

 brane), pertaining to, or of the nature of, skin, membrane ; membranaceous ; thin, 



rather soft and pliable. 

 MERIS'MOID (merisma, from Gr. to divide, -) form), applied to pileus which is 



subdivided into many smaller pilei ; resembling a Merisma; having a branched or 



laciniate pileus. 



MES'OPOD (Gr. middle, -\ foot), plant having a central stem. 



MICA'CEOUS (micaceus, <mzc, mica), covered with glistening mica-like particles. 

 MACRON, MI'KRON, M, microscopic unit of measure ; TQ^TJ of a millimeter ; nearly 



.00004 inch; to convert inches to microns, approximately, divide by .00004; 



represented by the Greek letter /x, following the number. 

 MILLIMETER, MM. (mille, a thousand, + meter), the thousandth part of a meter, equal 



to 0.03937 inch or nearly ^ inch. It is denoted by mm., as 25.4 mm. is 1 inch. 

 MIN'IATE (miniatus, pp. of miniare, color with red lead, <jminium, red lead), ver- 

 milion-colored ; of a bright, vivid red color. 



MIGRATE, MIT'RIFORM (mitra, a miter), miter-shaped, bonnet-shaped. 

 MOLD. MOULD, fine soft earth ; a general term to describe certain fungus growths of 



a low type. 

 MONIL'IFORM (monile, necklace; forma, form), contracted at intervals in the length 



like a string of beads. 



MONOS'TICHOUS (Gr. single, + a line), arranged in one row. 

 MONSTROUS, of unnatural formation ; deviating greatly from the natural form or 



structure (has no reference to size). 



MORPHOLOGIC, MORPHOLOGICAL, of or pertaining to morphology. 

 MORPHOLOGY (Gr. form, -f- speak), the science of organic form; the science of 



of outer form and internal structure. 

 MOTHER-CELL, a cell from which another is derived. 

 MOUSE-GRAY (murino-griseus ; murinus). (Lamp-black + white -f sepia.) 

 Mov' ABLE, applied to a ring which has separated from the stem and can be moved 



up and down. 



MUCED'INOUS (mucedo, mucus), having the characterof or resembling mold or mildew. 

 MU'CID (mucidus, moldy, <^mucere, be moldy or musty, <?m<c?<s, mucus), musty, 



moldy, slimy. 

 MUCILAGINOUS (mucilago, a moldy, musty juice, + ous), slimy, ropy, slightly viscid, 



soft, moist. 

 Mu'cous (mucosus, slimy, <^mucus, slime), pertaining to mucus, or resembling it; 



slimy, ropy, lubricous. 

 MU'CRO (L. a sharp point, esp. of a sword), a short and abrupt point of a leaf or 



other organ. 

 MU'CRONATE (mucronatus, pointed, <mwcro, a sharp point), tipped with an abrupt, 



sharp short point. 



MULTI- (multus, much, many), in composition "many." 

 MUL'TJFID (multifidus, many-cleft), having many divisions. 

 MULTIPARTITE (multipartitus, much divided), divided into many parts. 

 MULTISEP / TATE (as if multiseptatus, <multus, many, -j- septum, a partition), divided 



by many partitions. 



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