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Contorted, twisted together, twisted out of its ordinary form. 



Convex, rounded on the outer surface. 



Coriaceous, of a leathery consistence. 



Corky, of a corky consistence. 



Corrugated, wrinkled. 



Cortex, rind or bark. 



Costate, ribbed. 



Crenate, notched, any edge cut into rounded divisions. 



Crenulate, notched, indented on the edge. 



Cribrose, resembling a sieve or riddle, pierced with numerous holes, 



pitted. 

 Crisped, curled, uneven with waving lines. 

 Crowded, pressed together. 

 Cruciate, having the form of a cross. 

 Cruciform, same as Cruciate. 

 Cup, the receptacle of fructification in the Discomycetes ; by some called 



the Apothecium. 

 Cupulate, cup-shaped, formed like a little cup, slightly concave. 

 L'upuliform. See Cupulate. 

 Cya hform, cup-shapad, but more deeply concave than Cupulate 



implies. 

 Cylindraceo-davate, intermediate in shape between cylindrical and 



clavate. 

 Cylindrical, long, circular, and of equal diameter throughout. 

 Cymbiform, boat-shaped. 

 Cyst, a cell or cavity. 



Deciduous, falling off. 



Decurrent, running down. 



Deflexed, bending downwards, bending outwards and downwards ; the 



opposite of Inflexed. 

 Deformed, disfigured, distorted. 

 Dehiscing (dehisco, to gape), bursting open, splitting. 

 Dentate, toothed. 



Denticulate, furnished with small teeth. 

 Depressed, pressed down or flattened ; sometimes it means somewhat 



sunk into a concave form. 

 Diaphanous, transparent, pellucid. 

 Difformed, irregular in form, not uniform. 

 Dilated, expanded and flattened out. 

 Diluted, washy, pale, faint-coloured. 

 Dimidiate, semi-orbicular. 

 Disc, or Disk, the upper surface of a cup-shaped or plate-shaped 



receptacle bearing the fructification; generally synonymous with 



Hymenium. 

 Disciform, shaped like a discus, or quoit. See Discoid. 

 Discoid, round and flat like a coin. 

 Discoloured, ap} e iring to have lost its colour, stained. 



