880 THE AGARICACEAE OP MICHIGAN 



ANGULAR, (of spores), not regular in outline, not rounded; (of 



scales or pileus ) , when formed by cracking of cuticle, etc. 

 ANNULATE, (of stem), bearing an annulus. 

 ANNULAR, (of remains of veil on stem ), resembling a ring. 

 ANNULUS, the encircling band or curtain on the stem, resulting 

 from the loosening of the inner veil from the margin of the pileus. 

 See Fig. 2, 5. 

 ANOMALOUS, deviating from the general rule. 

 ANTERIOR, (of gills), the end of the gills at the margin of the 



pileus; in front. 

 APICAL, (of stem), the portion near the pileus; referring to the- 



apex. 

 APICULUS, (of spores i, the short, often sharp papilla at one end 



of a spore, by which it was attached to the sterigma. 

 APICULATE, provided with an apiculus. 

 APPENDICULATE, (of margin of pileus), hung with fragments 



of the veil. 

 APPLANATE, (of pileus), flattened out or horizontally expanded. 

 APPRESSED, (of scales, fibrils, hairs, etc.), closely flattened down; 



same as adpressed. 

 APPROXIMATE, (of gills), free from but approaching the stem; 



closely ; not remote. 

 ARACHNOID, (of the partial veil), cobweb like. 

 ARCUATE, (of gills or margin of pileus), curved like a bow. 

 ARCUATE-DECURRENT, (of gills), extending down the stem. 

 AREOLATE, (of surface of pileus or stem), arranged in little areas. 

 ARGILLACEOUS, (color), clay color, resembling ochraceous-eina- 



mon-brown. 

 ARID, (of gills), dry, somewhat parchmentdike. 

 AROMATIC, (odor), of an agreeable aroma, reminding of drugs. 

 ASCENDING, (of gills), in the case of a conical-shaped or unex- 

 panded pileus. 



ASTRINGENT, I taste i, causing more or less contraction or 

 "pucker" of mouth membranes. 



ATOMATE, (surface of pileus or stem), covered with minute, shin- 

 ing, point like particles. 



ATTENUATE, (of stem), gradually narrowed and thinner. 



AURANTIACOUS, (color), of an orange color. 



AUREOUS, (colon, golden-yellow, reddish-yellow. 



AXIS, (of stem i, the central, interior portion. 



AZONATE, (of surface of pileus), not zoned. 



BASAL, (of stem i, at the lower end. 



