Glossary 



salism; consortism ; with some authors commensalism implies an association less 

 necessary or mutually helpful than symbiosis. 



SYMBIOTIC, living in that kind of consociation called symbiosis. 



SYNONYM (Gr. a vvord having the same name with another), a discarded name for 

 a species or genus; either of two or more names for the same species or genus. 



SYNONYMOUS, expressing the same idea ; equivalent in meaning ; having the char- 

 acter of a synonym. 



TAPE'SIUM (tapesium, tapestry, carpet), a carpet or layer of mycelium on which the 

 receptacle is situated. 



TAWNY (fulvus, fulvescens, alutaceus), the color of tanned leather. (Nearly synony- 

 mous with fulvous.) (Neutral orange + raw sienna.) 



TAWNY OCHRACEOUS (fulvo-ochraceus) . (Yellow ocher + burnt sienna + raw umber.) 



TAWNY OLIVE (fulvo-olivaceus). (Yellow ocher + raw umber.) 



TENA'CEOUS (tenax {tenac-), holding fast, <^tenere, hold), tough. 



TE'RETE (teret, round, smooth), cylindrical or nearly so, having a circular, trans- 

 verse section ; top-shaped. 



TERRESTRIAL (terrestris, of or belonging to the earth + al), growing on the ground. 



TES'SELATED (tessellatus, made of small square stones, checkered + ed), arranged in 

 small squares ; checkered or reticulated in a regular manner. 



TESTACEOUS (testaceus, consisting of tiles or sherds, < testa, tile, shell), same as 

 brick-red. 



TETAN'IC (tetanicus, affected with tetanus), pertaining to or characterized by tetanus ; 

 tetanic spasm ; tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles as seen in tetanus, strychnic 

 poisoning, etc. 



TETRA- (quatuor, four), prefix signifying "four." 



TET'RASPORE (Gr. four, + seed), four spores forming one. 



THALA'MIUM (Gr. inner chamber, bedroom, bed), synonym for hymenium. 



THAL'LOGEN (Gr. a young shoot, + Gr. producing), same as thallophyte. 



THAL'LOPHYTE (Gr. a young shoot, -f &>' a plant), one of the so-called "lower 

 cryptogams," plants in which the vegetative body usually consists of a thallus. 



THAL / LUS (Gr. a young shoot or twig), a vegetative body which is not differentiated 

 into a true root, stem and leaf, has no true vessels or woody fiber; in fungi it is 

 the whole body of the plant not serving directly as an organ of reproduction, i. e.: 

 mycelium, if any, and sporophore but not including the hy menial layer. 



THE'CA (Gr. a case, box, receptacle, + put, place), a sac or case, generally used in 

 the sense of capsule. 



THE'CASPORE, the spore thus enclosed by the wall of the sac ; an ascospore. 



TIS'SUE (texere, weave), the cellular fabric out of which plant structures are 

 built up. 



TOAD'STOOL (toad + stool), a general name applicable to any form of visible fun- 

 gus ; usually applied to fleshy fungi as distinguished from the molds, smuts, etc. 

 Mushroom is a name given to a few species of toadstools known to commerce, 

 and wrongly to other edible species, of which there are many. 



TOMEN'TOSE, TOMENTOUS (tomentum, wool, etc.), densely pubescent with matted wool 

 or tomentum. 



TOMEN'TUM (tomentum, a stuffing of wool, hair, feathers, etc.), a species of pubes- 

 cence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface. 



TORN, said of pores which are superficially rough and jagged as if torn. 



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