GLOSSARY 881 



BAS1 DIOMYCETES, Bee page 26. 



BASIDIUM, (of .-ills., one of the large cells which collectively 



compose the hymenium and which bear each four spc • 

 BEADED, (of -ill-', applietl to the ron of drops exuding from tie- 



edge of ^ills. 



BEB I M ». (Of gills I, to\\;il.| the - 1 .ill. 

 I", I . «.!' I \v<>. oi' I \\ ice. 



BIBULOUS, lot' surface of pileus), capable of absorbing moisture. 



BIFURCATE, (of gills), forking bj two's. 



BISTRE, t color i . blackish brown. 



BIOLOGY, the science oJ living organisms. 



BIOLOGICAL, concerning the life <>r plants or animals. 



BLOOM (of pileus or stem), a minutely velvety Burfa< 



BROAD, (of gills), a relative term, opposed t<> aarro* ; determined 

 by experience. 



BUFF, (color), pale creamy-gray. 



BULBOUS, (of stem), enlarged al base (See also "abruptly-bul- 

 bous", clavate-bulboua and round bulbous. 



BULBILLATE, (of Btem >, provided \\ iih ;i small or obscure bulb. 



BULLATE, K»t' pileus), with a rounded knob. 



BYSSOID, (of mycelium), the condition when fine filaments spread 

 from the base "t the stem or fruil bodj over the Bubstratum. 



CAESIOUS, i color i. pale bluish gray. 



CAESPITOSE, aggregated in talis bu1 not grown together. 



i'AMI'AM'I.ATK. (of pileus), l>rll shaped or similar. 



CANALICULATE, (of Btem I, furrowed or fluted. 



CAND1 1 M >rs. (color), shining white. 



CANESCENT, (surface), covered with hoarj down. 



CAP, the pileus. 



CAPILLARY, (of Btem i, hair like. 



CAPITATE, (of cystidia I, with a mi nut.- knob at the tapering apes 



CARBONACE( >US, (of tissue), of the texture of chan oal. 



CARINATE, iot spores), furnished with a keel, boat shaped. 



CARNEY H S, (of nam. i i, fleshy. 



CARTILAGINOl S, o Btem, or cuticle), tough-brittle, 



breaking with a snap. 



CAULICOLOl S, growing on herbaceous Btems. 



cill. I., (of fungi), the living, protoplasmic nnlts Into which the 

 mycelium ami hyphae air dn Ided. 



CERACEOUS, waxy. 



CEREBROSE, (of surface «>f pileus), convoluted like .1 brain. 



CHLAMYDOSPORES ondarj spores), thick-walled ip 



developed from hyphae but on basidia. 



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