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MUC1 LAG l N< >1 S, Blimy. 



MUCCOUS, slime. 



MUSHROOM, a general terra applied to the fleshj Agarics ami fie 



species of other fungi; a mushroom maj be edible, p 



unpalatable, tough, etc., bul popular usage applies the term only 



i lible ones. See toadstool. 



MY<\. MYCET., MYCETO., MYCO., prefixes signifying fung 

 MYCELIUM, came as hyphae; the vegetative pari of a fungus con 



sisting of microscopic threads usuallj with cross walla to form the 



cells which contain the living protoplasm. 

 MYCELEOID, (of base of stem), provided with a white mouldy 



gro^ ili of mycelium. 

 MYCOLOGICAL, relating to mycology. 



MYCOLOGY, the term applied to the Bcience dealing with fungi. 

 MYCOPHAGISTj one wln» eats mushrooms; an epicure concerning 



mushrooms. 

 MYCOLOGIST, one who is versed in mycology ; a specialist in « '»«* 



study of fungi. 

 MYCORHIZA, the stunted rootlets of trees, when rach rootlets are 



covered or permeated by the mycelium of fungi 

 NAKED, (of pileus or Btem), entirely devoid of abrila, Bcales or 



other covering. 

 NARROW, (of gills), a relative term, the opposite oi broad; deter 



mined by experience. 

 NIGRESCENT, (color), turning blackish. 

 NUCLEATE, (of spores), containing microscopically visible, <»il 



like globules. 

 OBCLAVATE, (of cystidia, spores, Btem), a reversal of davate 



OBCOXie. reversal of conic. 



OBLONG, (of spores), twice as long as wide. 



OBOVATE, (of spores, etc.), reversal of ovate. 



OBSOLETE, (of annulus, scales, etc.), verj imperfectlj developed, 



hardly perceptible; (of terms), ao longer in use. 

 OBTUSE, (of pileus, cystidia, Bpores), rounded or blunt; 



than a righl angle 

 OCHRACEOUS, (color), dingy ochre-yellowish. 

 OCHREATE, (of volva I, sheathing the Btem at base like a b1 

 () , [VACEOl - olor), with an olive shade 

 OPAQ1 E, dull, nnt shining. 

 < >RBICULAR, (of pileus), circular In outline. 

 OVAL, (of voung pileus, Bpores), having the Bhaj 

 ((X A ir similar to oval but rather pointed at tin- narrower end 

 <>\ m h. same .1- oval. 



