GENERAL INDEX 



225 



mosses, 8, 9 



moulds, 24, 25, 26 



murifomi, with septa extending in more than one plane so as to give the ap- 

 pearance in optical section of a wall of masonry (/*/. /. f. 75) 



mushrooms, 99, 109 ; cultivation of, no 



mycelium, 13 ; a collective term for hyphte growing in interlacing masses 



mycological collection at the New York Botanical Garden, 163 ; at Har- 

 vard University, 161 ; at New York State Museum, 162 ; at Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, 170 ; at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 166 ; 

 at the Missouri Botanic Garden, 182 ; at California Academy of Sciences, 

 167 ; at Philadelphia Academy of Science, 160 ; at University of Ne- 

 braska, 183; at Cincinnati (C. G. IJoyd's), 189 



mycology, history of, 155-15(5; i" America, 160-164 



Nebraska, Exploration for fungi in, 183 

 Nevada, exploration for fungi in, 184 

 New Hampshire, exploration for fungi in, 184 

 New Jersey, exploration for fungi in, 184 

 New Mexico, exploration for fungi in, 186 

 New York, exploration for fungi in, 186 

 North Carolina, exploration for fungi in, 188 

 North Dakota, exploration for fungi in, 188 



Ohio, Exploration for fungi in, 189 



Oklahoma, exploration for fungi in, 189 



oospore, 14; the resting spore resulting from the fertilization of an &gg by 



an antherid or sperm cell 

 Oregon, exploration for fungi in, 189 

 oyster mushrooms, 124, 125 



Paraphyses, 34 ; sterile, simple or branched bodies interspersed with the asci 



parasite, an organism living at the expense of another 



parasol -fungi, 121 ; species of Lepiota 



parenchymatous, formed of thin-walled cells of nearly equal diameter in 



every direction 

 patelliform, having the shape of the knee-cap (patella) 

 peach -curl, 31, 38 



Peck, contribution to American mycology by, 162 

 Pennsylvania, exploration for fungi in, 1 91 

 peridium, 54 ; a more or less thickened covering to a puff-ball 

 perithecium, 34 ; a rounded, oval, pyriform or beaked structure in which 



the asci are developed [^Pl. 4, f. 5, j6, 77) 

 Persoon, contribution to mycology by, 156, 157 



phragmoid, divided by two or more septa at right' angles to the long axis 

 pileate, with a cap or pileus like that of a mushroom or toadstool 

 plant diseases, bureau of, 21 

 plasmodiocarp, 148 

 Plasmodium, 146 

 poison-cup, 119 [PL 8) 

 poisonous fungi, 119, 120 

 pond -scums, 8, 9 



