Glossary 



LAVENDER (lavendulaceus) , a very pale purplish color, paler and more delicate than 

 lilac. 



LAX (laxus, loose, slack), not compact, limber, flaccid. 



LEAD-COLOR (plumbeus) , same as PLUMBEOUS. 



LEMON- YELLOW (citreus, citrinus), a very pure light-yellow color, much like gam- 

 boge, but purer and richer. 



LENTIC'ULAR, LEN'TIFORM (lenticularis, lentil-shaped, <^lenticula, a lentil), shaped 

 like a double convex lens; lentil-shaped. 



LEP'IDOTE (Gr. scaly), scurfy with minute scales. 



LEUCOS'POR^; (Gr. white; Gr. seed), a group of fungi having white spores, hence 

 leucospore, a white spore ; leucosporous, having spores of a white color. 



LEV'IGATE (levigatus, pp. of levigare, make smooth), having a polished surface. 



LIG'XATILE (ligncitilis, <^lignum, wood), growing on wood. 



LIG'NEOUS (ligneus, wooden), of woody texture. 



LIG'ULATE (ligula, a tongue, strap, etc., + ate), strap-shaped, flattened like a strap. 



LILAC, LILACEOUS (lilacinus, lilaceus), a light-purple color, like the flowers of the 

 lilac. 



LIN'EAR (linearis, <^linea, a line), narrow and straight, slender. 



LING'UIFORM, LING'ULATE (lingua, tongue), tongue-shaped. 



LIVID (lividus, black-and-blue), bluish-black, like the black and blue of a bruise. 



LOBED, LO'BATE (Gr. the lobe of an ear), having divisions which are large and 

 rounded. 



LOB'ULATE, having small lobes. 



LOC'ULAR, LOC'ULATE, Loc'uLOSE, Loc'uLOus (loculus, a box, cell), divided by in- 

 ternal partitions into loculi or cells. 



LOC'ULUS (pi. LOC'ULI), a little chamber or cell. 



LU X CID (lucidus, light, bright, clear), clear, transparent, bright. 



LU'MEN (lumen, a window-light), the internal cavity or spaces in a cell or any tubu- 

 lar organ. 



LU'RID (luridus, pale-yellow, wan, etc.), a color between purple, yellow and gray; 

 livid. 



LU'TEOUS (luteus), yellowish ; more or less like buff or clay color. 



LUTES'CENT (lutescen(t-)s, ppr. of lutescere, turn to mud, <lutum, mud), yellowish. 



MACRO- (Gr. long), in composition "large" or "long." 



MAC'ULATE, MAC'ULAR, MAC'ULOSE (maculatus, pp. of maculare, spot, speckle), 



spotted. 



MAMMIFORM (mamma, a breast; forma, form), breast-shaped; mastoid; teat-like. 

 MAR'GINAL VEIL, a horizontal membrane extending from the margin of the pileus 



to the stem ; found in Hymenomycetes. 

 MAR'GINATE, having a well-defined border. 

 MAROON (atro-purpureus , atro-coccineus) , a rich brownish-crimson, nearly like the 



pigment called purple madder; claret color. 



MA X TRIX (matrix, a womb), the substance upon or in which a fungus grows. 

 MAUVE (malvaceus, malvimis), a light tint of violet. (Aniline violet + white.) 

 MEDIAL (medialis, <medius, the middle), applied to ring when situated about at the 



middle of stem. 

 MEDULLA (medulla, marrow, pith, kernel ,<medius, middle), pith, marrow, kernel; 



inner substance as distinguished from outer or cortical layer or layers. 



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