APPENDIX A. 



CONTINUATION OF GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING 



MUSHROOMS. 



' Maculate, spotted. 



Marginatfi, haviiijj; a distinct border. 

 , Matrix, the substance upon which a 

 1 ninshrooni grows. 



Medial, at the middle : of the ring of a 

 mushroom which is between f-.upt!rior 

 or near the apex of the stem, and dis- 

 tant or far removed from the apex. 



Merismoid. having a branched or lacini- 

 ate pih'us. 



Monilifonii, contracted at intervals in the 

 length, like a string of beads. 



Mullitul, having many divisions. 



Multipartite, divided into many parts. 



Mi/celium, the delicate threads proceed- 

 ing from the germinating spores, 

 usually white and popularly termed 

 spawn. 



Narroin, of very slight vertical width. 



Netted, covered with projecting reticu- 

 lated lines. 



Nucleus, the reproductive genu in the 

 spore. 



Oliconic, inversely couical. 



Ohrordate, like an inverted heart. 



Oblique, slanting. 



Oblong, longer than broad 



Obovate, inversely egg-shaped, broadest 

 at the apex. 



Obtuse, blunt or rounded. 



Oclirospore. ochre-colored spore. 



Orbicular, having the form of an orb. 



Order, group of a classification interme- 

 diate between tribe and family. 



Ostiole, ostiahmi., mouth of the perithe- 

 cium : orifice through which the spores 

 are discharged. 



Ovate, egg-shaped. 



Pallid, pale, undecided color. 



Papillate, papillose, covered with soft 

 tubercles. 



Parapliyses, sterile cells found with the 

 reproductive cells of some plants. 



Parasitic, growing on and deriving sup- 

 port from another plant. 



Partial, of a veil clothing the stem and 

 reaching to the edge of the cap but not 

 extending beyond it. 



Patent, spreading. 



Pectinate, toothed like a comb. 



Pedicel, foot-stock. 



Pedicillate, having a pedicel. 



Pclliculose. furnished with a pellicle or 

 di.^tinct skin. 



Penciled, with pencil-like hairs either on 

 the tip or border. 



Peridiuin., general covering of a puff-ball, 

 simple or doulile, dehiscent or indehis- 

 cent at maturity. 



Perithecia, bottle-like receptacles con- 

 taining asci. 



Peronate, used when the stem has a dis- 

 tinct stocking-like coat. 



Persistent, in(dined to hold firm, tena- 

 cious. 



Pervious, forming an open tube-like pas- 

 sage. 



Pileate, having a cap. 



Pileoli, secondary pilei ; arising from a 

 division of the primary pileus. 



Piieus, the cap, receptacle, or one part of 

 a mushroom ; other parts are the stem 

 and gills. 



Pilose, covered with hairs. 



Pits, depressions in cells or tubes resem- 

 bling pores, applied also to hollow 

 depressions in the surface of the cap 

 of the morel. 



Plumose, feathery. 



J*ore, orifice of the tubes of polypores. 



Poriform, in the form of pores. 



Porous, having pores. 



Powderij, covered with bloom or powder. 



Projecting , the anterior end jutting out 

 beyond the margin. 



Proliferous, applied to an organ which 

 gives rise to secondary ones of the same 

 kind. 



PruiJiose, covered with frost-like bloom. 



Pruniform, plum-shaped. 



Pubescent, downy. 



Pulverulent, covered with dust. 



Pulvinate, cushion-shaped. 



Punctate, dotted with points. 



Pyrifonn, pear-shaped. 



Quaternate, arranged in groups of four. 



lieceptncle, a part of the mushroom 

 extremely varied in form, consistency, 

 and size, inclosing the organs of repro- 

 duction. 



Remote, when the margin of the gill 

 comes to an end before reaching the 

 stem. 



Renifonn, kidney-shaped. 



Repand, bent backwards. 



Itesupinate, of mushrooms spread over the 

 matrix without any stem and with the 

 hymenium upwards ; inverted by twist- 

 ing of the stalk. 



Reticulate, marked with cross lines like the 

 meshes of a net. 



Revolute, rolled backwards; of the nuir- 

 gin of a cap ; the opposite of involute. 



Rliodospore. rose or pink spore. 



Riinose, cracked. 



Ring, a part of the veil adhering to the 

 stem of a mushroom in the shape of a 

 ring. 



Rivulose, marked with lines like rivulets. 



Rubiginous, rust colored. 



Rufescent, reddish in color. 



Rugose, w'rinkled. 



