GLOSSARY. 



ABORTIVE. Imperfect, wanting. 

 ABRUPT. Terminating suddenly. 

 ACICULAR. Needle-shaped, as shape of spine. 

 ACUTE. Sharp; applied to gills having sharp edges 

 or to those pointed at both ends. 



ADHERING. Sticking together. 



ADNATE. Growing into; as gills broadly attached 

 to stem. 



ADNEXED. Applied to gills attached to stem but 

 not adnate. 



AGARIC. Any gill-bearing fungus. 



AGGLOMERATE, (a) Clustered together but not 

 connected; (b) gathered into a heap or pile. 



ALUTACEOUS. Having the color of leather. 



ALVEOLATE. Bitted, resembling honey-comb. 



ANASTOMOSING. Interlacing of branched veins or 

 lines, said of gills that are united by fine lines or 

 partitions. 



ANNULAR. Ring-shaped. 



ANNULUS. The ring on the stem of the mushroom 

 formed by the separation of the veil from the 

 margin of the cap. 



ANTERIOR. In front, the end of a gill next the mar- 

 gin is called the anterior end. 



APEX. The summit, in mushrooms, the end of the 

 stem nearest the gill. 



APICULATE. Terminating in an abrupt point. 



