Glossary 



RUBIGINOUS (rubiginosus, <^rubigo, rust), rust-colored. 



RUFES'CENT (rufescere, to become reddish), tending to rufous or a dull red color. 



RUF'FLED, very strongly undulate. 



RU'FOUS (rufus), a brownish-red color like the pigment called Venetian-red, light 



red, Indian-red, red chalk, etc., which represents various shades of rufous. The 



typical shade is light red. 



RUGOSE (rugosus, <riiga, a wrinkle), wrinkled. 

 RU'GULOSE (rugula, dim. of ruga, a wrinkle), minutely rugose. 

 RUN'CINATE (runcina, a plane), irregularly saw-toothed, the divisions or teeth 



hooked backward. 

 RUSSET (nissatus), a bright tawny-brown color with a tinge of rusty. 



SAB'ULINE, SAB'ULOSE (sabuhim, sand, + ine), growing in sandy places. 



SAC'CATE (saccus, a bag), in the form of a sack or pouch. 



SACCHARINE (saccharon, sugar), of or resembling sugar, covered with shining grains 

 like those of sugar. 



SAC'CULE, SAC'CULUS (sacculus, dim. of saccus, a bag), a small sack or pouch. 



SALMON-COLOR (salmonaceus) (carneus), a color intermediate between flesh color and 

 orange, like the flesh of the salmon. (Saturn red or orange chrome + white.) 



SANGUIN'EOUS (sanguineus, of blood, bloody), blood-colored; of a deep, somewhat 

 brownish-red color; like the color of clotted blood. 



SAP'ID (sapidus, having taste, savory, <sapere, have a taste), agreeable to the taste. 



SAPROGENOUS (Gr. rotten, + Gr. producing), growing in decaying or decompos- 

 ing animal or vegetable matter. 



SAPROPHYTE (Gr. rotten, + Gr. a plant), a plant that lives on decaying vege- 

 table or animal matter. 



SAPROPHYT'IC, living upon and deriving its sustenance from dead organic matter. 



SCA'BRATE, SCABROUS (scabrosus, <^scaber, rough), rough on the surface; rugged. 



SCALAR'IFORM (scolaria, a flight of steps ; forma, form), in the form of a ladder. 



SCAPH'OID (Gr. like a bowl or boat, + Gr. form), boat-shaped. 



SCA'RIOSE, SCA'RIOUS (scariosus, from scaria, a thorny shrub), thin, dry, membra- 

 naceous ; applied to a shriveled membrane. 



SCIS'SILK (scissilis, to cleave), capable of being easily split or cleft; said of gills 

 which can easily be split into two plates. 



SCLERIT^C, SCLE X ROID, ScLE x ROSE, ScLE r ROSED (Gr. hard, rough, harsh), having a 

 hard texture. 



SCLERO^TIOID (Gr. hard, + resemblance), in the form of a sclerotium; a form as- 

 sumed by the mycelium of certain fungi. 



SCLERO'TIUM (pi. SCLEROTIA) (Gr. hard), hard, black, compact, mostly tuber-like 

 body, which is the resting stage of certain fungi, as in Peziza tuberosa ; it remains 

 dormant for a time and then sends up shoots, which develop into sporophores at 

 the expense of the reserve material. 



SCROBK/ULATE (scrobiculatus , <^scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis, a trench), marked with 

 small pits ; furrowed. 



SCRUPOSE, rough with small irregular prominences. 



SCU'TELLATE (sattellatus, <scutella, a salver, dish), shaped like a plate or platter. 



SECTION, a cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation, etc. 



SEMI-, prefix meaning " half" or " partial." 



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