Glossary 



acrid, sluiri). hilin.i; 



adnate, with the iuU width of the gill idurhing the stem 



adnexed, touching the stem with less than the full width 



angular, w ith an irregular outline, with angles 



appressed, llattciu'd to the surface 



astringent, hitter, "luickeriiig" 



basidium, the swollen tip of a thread, usually hearing four spores 



bulbous, swollen, more or less bull)-like 



cartilaginous, like cartilage, horny 



cystidium, a larger spine-like or club-sliaiJed body among the basidia 



decurrent, sloping down the stem 



depressed, bent down 



discrete, separating readily 



excentric, out of the renter of the cap 



farinaceous, resembling meal or tl(-ur 



fibrillose, with little threads 



floccose, cottonv. tufted 



fusoid, shaped like a spindle 



gelatinous, jelly-like 



globoid, more or less like a globe, i. e., sj^herical 



globose, shaped like a globe, spherical 



guttate, containing a drop or bubble 



heterogeneous, unlike it^ texture 



homogeneous, like in texture 



hymenium, spore-bearing surface, gills, pores, teeth, etc. 



imbricated, arranged like tiles or shingles 



inflated, swollen 



labyrinthine, winding, like a labyrinth 



linear, line-like 



membranous, thin, jiapery 



mycelium, the mass of white threads, usually hidden, from which the mushroom 

 grows 



mycophagist, one who eats mushrooms 



ocher, dull yellow, yellow tinged with brown 



ovate, egg-shaped 



ovoid, more or less egg-shaped 



