326 GLOSSARY. 



Thelephora ; elSos, form), resembling a Merisma — i.e. having a branched 

 or laciniate pileus. 

 Mycelium (/jlvktis, a fungus), spawn of fungi resulting from the germination 

 of spores ; in Agarics e.g. forming root-like threads. 



Obconic (ob ; conus, a cone), inversely conical. 

 Obovate (ob ; ovum, an egg), inversely egg-shaped. 



Papillate {papilla, a nipple), furnished with one or more nipple -like 



elevations. 

 Partial (pars, a part), of a veil clothing the stem and reaching to the edge 



of the pileus, but not extending beyond it. 

 Pectinate (pecten, a comb), like the teeth of a comb. 

 Pelliculose (pellis, skin), furnished with a pellicle or distinct skin. 

 Pencilled (fenicillum, a painter's brush), with pencil-like hairs either on the 



tip or border. 

 Peronate (pero, a kind of high boot), sheathed ; of a stem e.g. which has a 



covering like a legged boot. 

 Pervious (per, through ; via, a way), forming an open tube-like passage. 

 Pileus (pileus, a hat), a part of the receptacle of a fungus ; e.g. the cap-like 



head of Agarics. 

 Pileoli, secondary pilei ; arising from the division of a primary pileus. 

 Pilose (pilus, a hair), covered with hairs. 

 Poriform (poms, a pore ; forma, form), in the form of pores. 

 Porous, furnished with pores. 

 Proliferous (proles, offspring ; fero, to bear), applied to an organ which 



gives rise to secondary ones of the same kind. 

 Pruinose (fruina, hoar-frost), covered with frost-like bloom. 

 Pruniform (primus, a plum ; forma, form), plum-shaped. 

 Pulvinate (pulvinus, a cushion), cushion-shaped. 

 Punctate (functus, a point), dotted with points. 



Quaternate (quatuor, four ; nascor, to be born), arranged in groups of 

 four. 



Remote (removeo, to remove), of gills which do not reach the stem, but leave 



a free space between them and it. 

 Reniform (renes, the kidneys ; forma, form), kidney-shaped. 

 Repand (refa?ido, to throw open), bent backwards. 

 Resupinate (resufifio, to throw on the back), lying on the back ; of an 



Agaric e.g. lying on the back without a stem ; or of fungi spread over the 



matrix without any stem and with the hymenium upwards. 

 Revolute (revolvo, to roll back), rolled backwards ; of the margin of a 



pileus e.g., the opposite of involute. 

 Rimose (rima, a crack), cracked. 

 Ring, a part of the veil adhering in the form of a ring to the stem of an 



Agaric. 

 Rivulose (rivula, a small stream), marked with lines like rivulets. 

 Rubiginous (rubigo, rust), rust-coloured. 

 Rufescent (rufesco, to become reddish), reddish in colour. 

 Rugose (ruga, a wrinkle), wrinkled. 



