Glossary 



AURIC'ULATE, AURIFORM (auriculatus, ^auricula, the external ear), ear-shaped. 



AUTO-BASID'IUM (actus, an act, dim. of Or. a base, + basidium), an unseptated ba- 

 sidiurn giving rise at the apex to four slender sterigmata (sometiines fewer, some- 

 times more), each bearing a spore. 



AUTONOMOUS (<??. independent ; of one's own freewill; Gr. self, + Gr. hold 

 sway), said of plants that are perfect and complete in themselves; not forming 

 part of a cycle; independent. 



Ax'is (axle, axjs, pole of the earth), the central line of growth; stipe, stalk, etc. 



AZO'NATE {Or. without, + L. zona, a zone), without zones or circular bands of 

 different color. 



BA'DIOUS (badius, bay), bay; reddish-brown; chestnut color. 



BAND, a broad bar of color. 



BANDED, marked with bands. 



BARBED (barba, beard), furnished with barbs, fibrils or hairs. 



BASE (bassus, low, short, thick), the extremity opposite to the apex; the part of an 

 organ nearest its point of attachment ; applied to lamellae ; (a) the lineoof at- 

 tachment to the pileus (as connected by veins at the base) ; (b) sometimes used 

 to define the end attached to the stipe (broad or reticulate at the base). 



BASH/IOGENET'IC (Gr. a base + genesis), produced upon a basidium. 



BASID'IOMYCE'TES (basidium + Gr. a mushroom), group of fungi which has its 

 spores produced upon basidia. 



BASID'IOPHORE (basidium + Gr. to bear), a sporophore bearing basidia. 



BASID'IOSPORE (basidium + Gr. spora, spore; seed), spore acrogenously abjointed 

 upon a basidium. 



BASIDIUM (pi. BASID'IA), mother cells in the hymenium of basidiomycetes formed 

 on the end of a hyphal branch and abstricting spores ; the spores are generally 

 four in number, each on a sterigma, but sometimes more, sometimes fewer, and 

 sometimes sessile. See AUTO-BASIDIUM and PROTO-BASIDIUM. 



BASIP'ETAL (basis, a base, + petere, seek, + al), in the direction of the base. 



BAY (badius), a very rich dark-reddish chestnut; badious. 



BI-, prefix, meaning twice. 



BIBULOUS (bibulus, <^bibere, drink), having the quality of absorbing or imbibing 

 moisture. 



BICIP'ETAL, BICIP'ITOUS (biceps (bicipit-), two-headed, + al), in botany divided into 

 two parts at the top or bottom. 



BI'FID (bifldus, forked, <M, two, -\-findere, cleave, divide), cleft or divided into two 

 parts. 



BIFUR'CATED (bifurcus, two-forked), divided into two forks or branches as in the 

 gills of certain Agarics. 



BILOC'ULAR (bi, two, + loculus, a cell, <Zocws, a place), two-celled. 



BIOG'ENOUS (bi, two, -f- genus, <^gena, born), growing on living organisms. 



BISE'EIATE, BISE^RIAL (bi, two, 4* seriate), arranged in two rows. 



BISTRE (fuligineus) , a dark brown color somewhat more reddish tha^i sepia, but 

 much less so than burnt umber. 



BOOKED, applied to the stem of a mushroom when enclosed in a sheath or voiva ; 

 peronate. 



Boss, a knob or short rounded protuberance; umbo. 



BOSSED, BULI/ATE (bnlla, a bubble), furnished with a boss, stud or umloo. 



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