Glossary 



CUP (cupa, a tub, cask, vat), the concave fruiting body of angiocarpous lichens and 



discomycetous fungi ; the peridium of a clustering fungus. See APOTHECIUM. 

 CUPREOUS (citpreus, of copper, <citprum, copper), copper-colored. 

 CU'PULAR, CUMULATE (a little cup, dim. of cupa, a cup), cup-shaped. 

 CU'PULE, CU'PULA (a little cup, dim. of cupa, a cup), a receptacle shaped like a little 



cup, as in Peziza. 

 CURLED, same as CRISP. 



CURT (curtus, clipped, broken, shortened), short. 

 CUR'TAIN (cortina, a small croft, screen, etc.), same as cortina. 

 CUS'PIDATE (cuspidatus, pp. cuspidare, <cuspis, a point, spear), with a sharp spear- 

 like point. 

 CU'TICLE (cuticula, dim. of cutis, the skin), a distinct skin-like layer; cutis, cuticle, 



pellicle and epidermis have been used indiscriminately to describe the separable 



or inseparable skin-like layer sometimes present on the outer surface of the pileus 



and stem ; of these terms, cuticle is used most commonly. 

 CU'TIS. See CUTICLE. 



CYA'NEOUS (cyaneus, dark blue), bright blue; azure; lapis-lazuli blue. 

 CYANO'SIS (Gr. dark-blue, + osis), in pathology a blue or more or less livid color of 



the surface of the body, due to imperfect circulation and oxygenation of the 



blood. 

 CY'ATHIFORM (cyathits, a cup; forma, form), cup-shaped, shape of a drinking glass 



slightly widened at the top. 

 CYLIN'DRIC, CYLINDRICAL (cylindricus, cylinder), cylinder-shaped; applied to a 



branch or stem having the same or nearly the same diameter throughout, and 



its cross-section circular. 



CYM'BJEFORM, CYM'BIFORM (cymba, a boat, -\-forma, shape), boat-shape. 

 CYST (cystis, the bladder, bag, pouch), a bladder-like cell or cavity. 

 CYSTID'IUM (pi. CYSTID'IA) (Gr. the bladder, + the dim. termination), sterile 



bladder cells of the hymenium, generally larger than the basidia cells between 



which and with which they are formed. 



DASH, -, between two figures = to; from 2 to 4. 



DAUGHTER-CELL, any cell when mentioned in relation to the one (mother-cell) from 

 which it is derived. 



DEAL'BATE (dealbatus, pp. of dealbare, whiten, white-wash, etc., <de + albare, 

 whiten) , as if white-washed ; covered with very white opaque powder. 



DECID'UOUS (deciduus, that falls down; <^decidere,<^de, down, + cedere, to fall), fall- 

 ing off at maturity or at the end of the season, not permanent ; losing the foliage 

 every year. 



DECORTICATE, DECORTICATED (decorticatus, pp. of decorticare, <^de, from, + cortex, 

 bark), denuded of bark ; destitute of a cortex or cortical layer. 



DECUMBENT (decumben(t-)s, ppr. of decumbere, lie down, <de, down, + cumbere, lie) 

 applied to a stern having the lower part resting on the ground. 



DECUR X RENT (decurren(t-}s, ppr. decurrere, run down), applied to lamellae (gills) 

 which are prolonged down the stem. 



DECURVED' (decurve + ed, after decurvatus, curved back), curved downward; op- 

 posed to recurved. 



DEFLEXED X (deflexus, pp. deflectere, turn aside), bent or turned down. 



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