192 Guide to the Mushrooms 



GUTTATE. Spotted with drops. 



GYRATE. Having folds resembling those of a brain. 



HABITAT. The natural place of growth of a species. 



HIRSUTE. Covered with long stiff hairs. 



HOARY. Covered with short grayish-white hairs. 



HYALINE. Transparent. 



HYGROPHANOUS. Looking watery when moist, 

 opaque when dry. 



HYMENIUM. The spore-bearing surface covering 



each side of the gill of an Agaric. 

 HYMEXOMYCETES. A group of BASIDIOMYCE- 



TES having the hymenium on the free exposed 



surface of the sporophore. 



HYPHA. The elementary thread of a fungus. 

 IMBRICATE. Overlapping like shingles on a roof. 



INFERIOR. Below, applied to a ring formed from 

 a veil, which in its young state has its stem at- 

 tachment below the level of its marginal attach- 

 ment. 



INFUNDIBULIFORM. Funnel-shaped. 



LACCATE. As if varnished or covered with shellac. 



LAMELLA. See gills. 



LANATE. Covered with a wool-like pubescence. 



LANCEOLATE. Lance-shaped many times longer 

 than broad. 



LATERAL. Attached to, or by. one side. 



LIVID. Bluish-black like the color of a bruise 



LURID. Sordid, dirty brownish. 



LUTEOUS. Egg-yellow. 



MARGINATE. Having a well defined border. 



