500 GLOSSARY 



Heterogeneous (Gr. heteros, one of two, gennao, to beget), not uniform in 



structure. 

 Hispid (hispidus, bristly), beset with rough hairs or bristles. 

 Homogeneous (Gr. homos, one and the same, gennao, to beget), uniform in 



structure. 

 Hyaline (hualos, clear), colourless, translucent. 

 Hybernaculum, hibernaculum (hiberno, to winter), applied to forms in which 



certain fungi pass the winter, sclerotia. 

 Hygrometric (Gr. hugros, moist, metron, a measure), influenced by moisture. 

 Hygrophanous (Gr. hugros, moist, phaino, to appear), of a watery appearance 



when moist. 

 Hymenium (Gr. humen, a membrane), the spore-bearing surface. 

 Hymenophore (Gr. humen, a membrane, phero, to bear), the structure which 



bears the hymenium, as the under surface of the pileus to which the gills are 



attached in Agaricacece, the sporophore. 



Hypertrophy (Gr. Iniper, above, trophe, food), an abnormal enlargement of an 



organ by disease. 

 Hypha (Gr. huphe, a web), pi. hyphae, the thread-like element of which a fungus 



is made up. 



Imbricate (imbricatus, covered with tiles), overlapping as the tiles on a roof. 



Immarginate {in, negative, margo, a margin), without a distinct border. 



Immersed, sunk in the matrix. 



Inferior (inferior, lower), of the annulus on the stem, far down. 



Infundibuliform {infundibulum, a funnel), funnel-shaped. 



Innate (in, into, naseor, to be born), adhering by growing into. 



Involute (in, in, volvo, to roll), rolled inwards. 



Isabelline or Isabella colour, dirty-tawny, as of soiled linen. 



Laciniate (lacinia, a lappet, flap), divided into flaps. 



Lacunae (lacuna, a hole or cavity), holes or depressions. 



Lacunose, marked with small hollows. 



Lamellae (lamella, a thin plate), the gills in Agaricacea. 



Lanceolate (lancea, a lance or spear), lance-shaped ; narrow and tapering to 



both ends. 

 Linear (linea, a line), narrow and straight, several times longer than wide. 

 Loculus (loculus, a little compartment), a cell of a septate spore. 



Mammiform (mamma, a breast), breast-shaped. 



Marginate (margo, a margin), having a distinct border. 



Matrix (matrix, the womb), the substance on which a fungus grows. 



Medial (medium, the middle), of the annulus, when at the middle of the stem. 



Merismoid (Gr. merizo, to divide, eidos, form), having a branched or laciniate 



pileus. 

 Merulioid, resembling the hymenium of Merulius. 

 Mitrate (Gr. mitra, a head-dress), with thick rounded pileus. 

 Mucedinous (mucedus, mouldy), of the nature of the group Mucedines, naked- 



spored moulds. 

 Multifid (multifidus, many cleft), divided half-way into many lobes. 

 Multipartite (multipartitus, many times divided), divided many times and more 



deeply than multifid. 

 Muricate (murex, a sharp stone, a bit with sharp spikes, a spiked ball), rough 



with short hard tubercular excrescences. 



