Guide to the Mushrooms 187 



BASIDIUM. Mother-cell in the hymenium of basidi- 

 omycetes formed on the end of a hyphal branch 

 and abstricting spores; the spores are generally 

 four in number each on a sterigma, but some- 

 times more, sometimes fewer and sometimes 

 sessile. 



BULBOUS. Said of a stem when it has a bulb-like 

 swelling at the base. 



CAESPITOSE. Growing in clumps. 



CAMPAXULATE. Bell-shaped. 



CAP. Pileus; the umbrella-like expansion of the 

 mushroom. 



CAPILLARY. Resembling hair. 



CASTAXEOUS. Chestnut-colored. 



CELL. A little cavity or hollow place; a mass of 

 protoplasm of various size and shape, generally 

 microscopic with or without a nucleus and en- 

 closing wall, the fundamental form-element of 

 every organized body, 



CELLULAR. Composed of cells. 



CERACEOUS. Waxy. 



CERVIXE. Pawn-colored. 



CHLOROPHYL. The green coloring matter of 



plants. 

 CHLOROSIS. Blanching, whitening. 

 CILIA. Short parallel hairs, fringing the margin. 

 CIXEREOUS. Ash-colored. 

 CIXXABARIXE. Brilliant red. 

 CIXXAMOMEOUS. Cinnamon-colored. 



CLATHRATE. Latticed. 



CLAVATE. Club-shaped. 



CLOSE. Said of gills when they are close together. 



