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GLOSSARY 



Adnate {adnascor, to grow to), of gills broadly attached to the stem. 



Adnexed {ad, to, necto. to join), of gills slightly joined to the stem. 



./Ecidia (Gr. oikidion, a little house), small cup-shaped fungi. 



iEruginous {ccrugo, rust of copper), the blue-green colour of verdigris. 



^Estival {cestivalis), belonging or peculiar to summer. 



Agglutinate {aqglutino, to glue), glued to a surface. 



Algal {alga, a sea-weed), relating to Alga, a group to which belong the sea- 

 weeds and many fresh-water plants, including microscopic green plants 

 which grow in water and damp places. 



Alveolate (alveus, a hollow), in the form of small depressions like a shallow 

 honeycomb. 



Amphigenous (Gr. amphi, around, gennao, to beget), not confined to one 

 surface, all round, as in the hymenium of Clavaria. 



Anastomosing (Gr. anastomosis, a bringing to a point), united by running 

 together irregularly. 



Annular, in the form of a ring. 



Annulate, bearing a ring on the stem. 



Annulus {amiulus, a ring), the ring round the stem. 



Apiculate {apex, the top), terminating in a small point. 



Appendiculate {appendiada, a small appendage), hanging in small fragments. 



Applanate {ad, to, planahis, made flat), flattened. 



Approximate {ad, to, proximo, to approach), of gills which approach but do not 



touch the stem. 

 Arachnoid (Gr. arachne, a spider's web, eidos, resemblance), like a cobweb. 

 Arcuate {arcuatus, bent like a bow), of gills, bow-shaped. 

 Areolate {area, a plot, a space), divided into small areas or patches. 

 Ascus (Gr. as/cos, a wine-skin), the swollen end of a hyphal branch, in which 



spores are borne in Ascomycetes. 

 Atomate, sprinkled with small particles. 



Basidium {basidium, a little pedestal), the mother-cell which bears the spores in 

 Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes. 



Bifid {bifidus, twice-cleft), divided half-way into two. 



Bullate {bulla, a bubble), furnished with a boss or stud. 



Byssoid {byssus, fine flax), composed of fine threads. 



Caespitose {ccespes, a clump), growing in tufts. 

 Calyptra {calyptra, a hood), any extinguisher-shaped covering. 

 Campanulate {campana, a bell), bell-shaped. 

 Cancellate [cancel latns), latticed, as in Clathrus. 



Capillitium {capillus, a hair), the dense mass of sterile fibres mixed with the 

 spores in the gleba of the Gasteromycetes. 



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