188 Guide to the Mushrooms 



COALESCENT. Growing together of similar parts. 



COCHLEATE. Sliaped like a snail-shell. 



COHERENT. Sticking together. 



COMOSE. Hairy. 



CONCOLOROUS. Of one color. 



CONVEXO-PLANE. Between convex and plane. 



CONVOLUTE. Covered with irregular depressions 

 like the convolutions of a brain. 



CORRUGATE. Wrinkled, puckered. 



CORTEX. The rind or bark; the rind-like layers of 



some fungi. 

 CORTINA. Marginal veil of spider-web structure 



rupturing at or near the stem. 



CRENATE. Scalloped. 



CRETACEOUS. Chalky. 



CRISP. Having the surface, especially near the mar- 

 gin wavy. 



CRYPTOGAMIA. Flowerless plants propogated by 

 spores. 



CURT. Short. 



CUTICLE. A distinct skin-like layer used to describe 

 the skin-like layer, separable or unseparable, pre- 

 sent upon the pileus, 



CYANEOUS. Bright-blue. 



CYATHIFORM. Cup-shaped. 



DECUMBENT. Applied to a stem having the base 

 resting upon the ground. 



DECURRENT. Applied to gills which are prolonged 

 down the stem. 



DELIQUESCENT. Becoming liquid at maturity. 



DENTATE. Tooth-shaped. 



DENUDATE. Naked; exposed. 



