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FASCICLE. A small bundle. 



FASTIGIATE. (a) With branches erect and close 

 together; (b) sloping upward to a summit. 



FERRUGINOUS. Iron-rust-colored. 

 FIBRILLOSE. Covered with minute fibres. 

 FIGURATE. Applied to a hymenium borne upon 



gills, spines. 

 FILAMENT. A separate fibre. 

 FISSILE. Capable of being divided into layers. 

 FISSURED. Split. 

 FISTULOSE. Tubular, hollow. 



FIXED, Said of gills or spines not readily detached 

 from the underlying tissue. 



FLACCID. Soft and limber, flabby. 

 FLAVOUS. Yellow. 



FLESH. Inner substance of a fungus body as dis- 

 tinguished from the cortical layers. 



FLOCCOSE. Woolly. 



FREE. Said of gills which are not attached to the 

 stem. 



FUGACIOUS. Fading early. 



FULIGINOUS. Smoky; sooty. 



FULVESCENT. Somewhat tawny. 



FULVOUS. Reddish-yellow. 



FUMOSE. Smoke-colored. 



FUNGUS. A thallophyte characterized by the ab- 

 sence of chlorophyll and deriving its substance 

 from living or dead organic matter. 



FUNICULAR. Having the character of small cords. 



FURCATE. Forked. 



FURFURACEOUS. Covered with bran-like parti- 

 cles. 



