Glossary 



FLOC'CI (pi. of FLOC'CUS) (floccus, a lock of wool), woolly locks. 



FLOC'COSE (floccosus, <^flocciis, a lock of wool), downy, woolly; composed of or 

 bearing flocci. 



FLOC'CULOSE (flocculosus, < flocculus, dim. of floccus, a lock of wool), covered with 

 flocci ; composed of or bearing minute flocci. 



FOLIA'CEOUS (foliaceus, leafy, of leaves, < folium, a leaf), leaf-like; bearing leaves. 



FO'VEATE (foveatus, <^fovea, a small pit, pitfall), marked with pits or depressions. 



FOV'EOLATE (foveolatus, <^foveola, dim. of fovea, a small pit), marked with minute 

 pits or depressions. 



FREE, said of gills which are not attached to the stem ; said of any part not at- 

 tached to another; of spores not inclosed in a special envelope. 



FRILL, same as ARMILLA. 



FRONT, same as ANTERIOR. 



FRINGE (fimbria, a border), a lacerated, marginal membrane. 



FRUCTIFICATION (fructificare, bear fruit), reproducing power of a plant; fruiting; 

 also the organs concerned. 



FUGA'CIOUS (fugar, <^fugere, flee), fleeting, transitory ; falling or fading early. 



FU'GITIVE (fugitivus, fleeing away; a fugitive), quickly disappearing; evanescent. 



FULIGIN'EOUS, FULIGINOUS (fuliginosus~), sooty -brown or dark smoke-color. 



FULVES'CENT (fulvescens), inclining to a fulvous color. 



FUL'VOUS (fulvus), a rather indefinite brownish-yellow or yellowish-brown tint, like 

 tanned leather ; tawny. 



FU'MOSE, FU'MOUS (fumosus, full of smoke, <^fumus, smoke, steam), smoke-colored, 

 fuliginous. 



FUN'GOID (fungus, mushroom, + Gr. form), of, or pertaining to fungi. 



FUNGOL'OGY (fungus, mushroom, + Gr. speak), mycology. 



FUN'GUS (pi. FUN'GI) (fungus, a mushroom), a thallophyte characterized by the ab- 

 sence of chlorophyl and deriving its sustenance from living or dead organic 

 matter. 



FUNICULAR (funiculus, a small cord), having the character of a funicle or small cord. 



FUNIC'ULATE (funiculus, a small cord), having a funicle. 



FUNICULUS (L. a small rope), in Nidnlariaceae the cord of hyphaa attaching a 

 peridiolum to the inner wall of the peridium. 



FUR'CATE (furcatus, </mz, a fork), forked. 



FURPURA X CEOUS (furfurciceus, </w/w, bran), with branny scales or scurf. 



FUSCES'CENT (fuscus, dark, dusky, + escent), somewhat fuscous. 



Fus x cous (fuscus, dusky), brownish in color; brown or brown tinged with gray; 

 dingy, not pure. 



FU'SIFORM, FU X SOID (fusus, a spindle; forma, form), spindle-shaped. 



GAMOGEN'ESIS (Gr. marriage, + generation), sexual reproduction. 

 GAS^EROMYCE^ES, GAS^TROMYCE^ES ( Gr. stomach, + mushroom), a group of Basi- 



diomycetes in which the hymenium is enclosed in a sack-like envelope called the 



peridium. 



GELATINOUS (gelatinosus, <gelatina, gelatine), jelly-like. 

 GENERIC (genus, race, sort), pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a mark of a 



genus ; having the rank or classificatory value of a genus. 

 GENERIC (Gr. generation), of or pertaining to origin or mode of production. 



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