186 Guide to the Mushrooms 



APPENDICULATE. Hanging in small fragments, as 

 the remnants of the veil sometimes hang from 

 the margin of the pileus. 



APPROXIMATE. Said of gills which approach but 



do not reach the stem. 

 ARACHNOID. Like a cobweb. 

 ARCUATE. Bow-shaped. 



AREOLATE. Divided into little areas or patches. 

 ARTICULATE. Jointed. 



ASCENDING, (a) Apphed to a gill where its edge 

 forms an ascending line from the margin of the 

 cap to the apex of the stem, as in conical shaped 

 pilei; (b) applied to the partial veil in the young 

 stage of the mushroom when its attachment to 

 the stem is below its attachment to the margin of 

 the cap, in this case the ring formed from this 

 veil is called inferior, 



ASCOMYCETES. A group of fungi in which the 

 spores are produced in tiny sack-like cells called 

 asci. 



ASCOPHORE. Sporophore bearing an ascus. 



ASCUS. Microscopic, cask-like cell in which spores, 

 generally eight in number, are developed. 



ATROPURPUREOUS. Dark purple. 



ATROSANGINUEOUS. Dark blood color. 



ATTENUATE. Becoming gradually narrow or small- 

 er. 

 AURANTIACUS. Orange-colored. 

 AURICULATE. Ear-shaped. 



BADIOUS. Bay; reddish-brown; chestnut color. 

 BASE. Opposite extremity of apex. 



BASIDIOMYCETES. A group of fungi which has its 

 spores produced on basidia. 



