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THE AGARICACEAE OP MICHIGAN 



FILAMENT, a thread, applied to the separate threads of the 

 mycelium. 



FILAMENTOUS, composed of filaments. 



FILIFORM, (of stem), slender-as a thread. 



FIMBRIATE, (of gills), with the edge minutely fringed, due to pres- 

 ence of cystidia or sterile cells. 



FISTULOSE, (of stem), tubular. 



FLABELLIFORM, (of pileus), fan-shaped. 



FLACCID, flabby; soft and limber; without firmness or elasticity 



FLARING, (of volva or annulus), spreading away from stem at up- 

 per margin. 



FLAVESCENT, (color), becoming yellowish. 



™r^ S \ (C ° l0r) ' ° f Saccardo ' s C °l° r K ey; a light cadmium-yellow. 

 ULESH, the trama of the mushroom, especially of the pileus and 

 gills. 



FLESHY, of rather soft consistency, putrescent; as opposed to 



leathery, corky, woody, membranous, etc., referring to the con- 

 sistency of the trama of most of the Agarics. 

 FLEXUOUS, (of stem), bent in an undulate manner 



FLOCCI, (of pileus or stem), small points or tufts resembling 

 cotton. s 



FLOCCOSE, (of pileus or stem), provided with cottony substance 



on the surface. 

 FLOCCULOSE, finely floccose 



FLOCCULOSE-CRENULATE, (of gills), edge with minute floe- 



culose decoration. 

 FOETID, (odor), ill-smelling, nauseating. 

 FRIABLE, easily crumbled or breaking into powder 

 FREE, (of gills), not attached to the stem at any time 

 ™f^ S !f 0f a forest or *e wood of broad-leaved trees. 



terior' thG Gnd t0Ward thG maFgin ° f the pileus ' an " 



F Tcelium I)Y ' thG tGrm aPPlied t0 thG mushroom as °PP°sed to the 



FRUCTIFICATION, the fruit-body. 



FI S T oot CIOUS ' diSaPPearing ^ or ^ ickl y or (of color) fading 



FULIGINOUS, (color), smoky, sooty 

 FULVESCENT, (color), becoming fulvous 



F bro^n US ' (C ° l0r) ' ° f SaCCard0 ' s Col °r Key; reddish-cinnamon- 



F M U thl aPPlled » thG indMduaIs of a group of plants which 

 lack the green chlorophyll and hence subsist on other plants, 



