156 MUSHROOMS. 



Casta / neus. Chestnut color. 



Cell. A mass of protoplasm, with or without an enclosing 

 wall. 



Chlorophyll. The green coloring-matter contained in plants. 



Cla / vate. Club-shaped. 



Close. Crowded together — term used in describing gills. 



Coherent. Sticking together. 



Con / cave. Having a rounded inwardly curved surface. 



Concentric. With a common centre, as a series of rings, one 

 within the other. 



Con / nate. Growing together from the first. 



Constricted. Contracted. 



Continuous. Without interruption. 



Convex. Elevated and regularly rounded. 



Con / volute. Covered with irregularities on the surface, like 

 the human brain. 



Coriaceous. Leathery in texture. 



Corrugated. Wrinkled. 



Corti / na. A veil of cobwebby texture. It gives the name to 

 the genus Cortinarius. 



Cre / nate. In wavy scallops. 



Cu / ticle. Pellicle, a skin-like layer on the outside surface 

 of the cap and stem. 



Cy'athiform. Cup-shaped. 



Decid'uous. Falling off when mature at the end of the 

 season. 



Decur'rent. Gills that run down the stem are called decur- 

 rent. 



Dehiscence. The opening of a peridium, when ripe, to dis- 

 charge the spores. 



Deliquescent. Turning to liquid when mature. 



Dichot'omous. Two-forked, regularly dividing by pairs from 

 below upward. 



Dimidiate. Divided into two equal parts, applied to gills 

 that only reach half-way to the stem, and to the cap when it 

 is semi-circular or nearly so. 



