Glossary 



MU'RICATE (muricatus, pointed), rough with short hard points. 



MURIC'ULATE (muriculatus, dim. of muricatus, pointed), finely muricate. 



MU'RIFORM (murus, wall, + forma, shape), resembling the arrangement of the bricks 

 in the walls of a house ; said of spores having septa at right angles to each other. 



MU'KINE, MI/RINOUS (murinus, of a mouse), mouse-colored. 



MUSH'KOOM, a cryptogamic plant of the class fungi : applied in a general sense to 

 almost any of the larger, conspicuous fungi, such as toadstools, puff-balls, hydnei, 

 etc., but more particularly to the agaricoid fungi and especially to the edible 

 forms. 



MU'TUALISM, symbiosis of two organisms living together and mutually helping and 

 supporting each other. 



MYC, MYCET, MYCETO, MYCO, prefix signifying "fungus." 



MYCE'LIAL, of or pertaining to mycelium. 



MYCE'LIUM (Gh\ a fungus, + an excrescence), spawn of fungi resulting from the 

 germination of spores; in agarics e. g. forming root-like threads; the weft of 

 threads from which the mushroom arises. 



MYCE'LIOID, like mycelium. 



MYC'ELOID, like a fungus. 



MYCETOI/OGY (Gr. a fungus, + speak), mycology. 



MYCO LOGICAL, relating to fungi. 



MYOOI/OGIST, one who is versed in mycology. 



MYCOI/OGY (Gr. a fungus, + speak), the science of fungi, their structure, classi- 

 fication, etc. 



MYCOPH'AGIST, one who eats fungi. 



MYCOPH'AGY (Gr. a fungus, -\ eat), the eating of fungi. 



NA'KED, bare ; without covering of any kind, as of an enveloping membrane, prui- 

 nose, farinaceous or furfuraceous particles, tomentum, fragments of volva or 

 veil, etc. 



NAF'IFORM (napus, a turnip, + forma, form), turnip-shaped. 



NARROW, of a very slight vertical width. 



NAS'CENT (nascen(t)s, ppr. of nasci, be born), in the earliest rudimentary condition; 

 beginning to exist or to grow. 



NATURALIZED, said of a plant of foreign origin which thrives as if indigenous. 



NAVIC'ULAK, NAVICULOID (navicula, a small ship or boat), boat-shaped; scaphoid. 



NETTED, covered with projecting, reticulated lines. 



NIGRESCENT, NIG'RICANT (nigrescen(t-)s, ppr. of nigrescere, become black, grow dark), 

 becoming black, also blackish, dusky, fuscous. 



NIT'ID, NIT'IDUS (nitidus, shining, bright, <^nitere, to shine), lustrous, shining, pol- 

 ished. 



NI'VEOUS (niveus, snowy, <^nix, snow), snow-white. 



NOD'ULE (nodulus, a little knot, dim. of nodus, a knot), a little knot or lump. 



NOD'ULOSE, NOD'ULOUS (nodulosus, <^nodulus, a little knot), having little swellings, 

 knotty. 



NON-, not; prefix giving a negative sense to words. 



NUCLEATE, NUCLEATED (nucleatus, having a kernel), having a nucleus or nuclei. 



NUCLE'OLUS (pi. NUCLEI) (nudeolus, dim. of nucleus, a little nut), sharply defined 

 point often seen in the nucleus. 



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