222 GLOSSARY. 



Coi.UMEi,I,A, the axil of the sporangia of mj^xomycetes. 

 Concentric, having a common center. 

 Coriaceous, leathery. 

 Crustaceous, crust-like. 



D 



Decurrent, gills running down the stem. 



Dehiscence, the opening of a pericarp. 



DeIvIOUESCEnT, dissolving into a fluid. 



Dentate, margin toothed. 



DiCHOTOMOUS, two branched. 



Dimidiate, gills reaching half way to the stem. 



Disciform, a flat surface. 



B 



Echinulate, covered with prickles of small size. 



Emarginate, when gills are scooped out at the junction with the stem. 



Ephemerai,, lasting but a short time. 



Epidermis, the outer covering. 



ExcENTRic, attached outside of the center. 



Exosporium, outer coat of spores. 



F 



Farinaceous, mealy. 



Fasciculate, clustered. 



FiBRiLLOSE, clothed with fibres. 



Filiform, thread-like. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Fistulous, hollow. 



Flocci, covered with woolly locks. 



Fugacious, remaining only a short time. 



Fuliginous, sooty brown. 



Fulvous, tawny yellow. 



Furcate, forked. 



Fuscous, grayish brown. 



G 



Gibbous, an excentric swelling on top of pileus. 

 Gills, plates on Agarics. 

 Glaucous, covered with a bloom. 

 Grumous, consisting of granular bundles. 

 Gyrose, in wavy folds. 



