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Pulvendent, powdery or covered with a powder or dust. 

 Punctate, dotted with points. 

 Putrescent, soon decaying. 



Rcniforui. kidney-shaped. 



Rcxupinatc, attached to the substratum by the back or upper 



part of the pileus which in this case is not provided with a 



stipe. 

 Riuiose, marked with small cracks. 

 Rnfescent, tending to a dull red or reddish color. 

 Rucjose, wrinkled. 

 Rugulose, minutely wrinkled. 



Scabrous, with a rough surface. 



Sclerotiuin. a hard, compact, tuber-like bodv containing stored 



food. 

 Scrobiculate, marked with small pits or depressions. 

 Serrate, margin with saw-like teeth. 

 Serrulate, minutely serrate. 



Sessile, without a stipe ; pileus attached directly to substratum. 

 Sinuate, with a deep notch at point of attachment to stipe; 



emarginate (of lamellae). 

 Solid, substance vmiform and continuous wathin, not hollow or 



stuffed (of stipe). 

 Spathnlate, shaped like a spathula or spoon. 

 Squainose, with scales. 

 Squaniulose. with small scales. 

 Squarrose, with erect ])ointed scales. 

 Stipe, stem. 



Striate, marked with parallel or radiating lines. 

 Strigose, with stiff erect hairs. 

 Stuffed (of stipe), interior filled with a material different from 



the outer part, usually softer. 

 Substratum, the substance upon or within which a fungus grows. 

 Sulcate, marked with grooves or furrows. 



Toadstool, a fleshy fungus shaped like an umbrella. 

 Tomentose, more or less densely matted, hairv. 



