19i Guide to the Mushrooms 



SANGUINEOUS. Blood-colored. 

 SCABROUS. Rough to the touch. 



SCISSILE. Capable of being split; said of gills 



which can be split into two plates. 

 SEPTATE. Having partitions. 

 SERIATE. Arranged in rows. 

 SERICEOUS. Silky. 



SERRATE. Having marginal teeth like a saw. 

 SESSILE. Having no stem or stalk. 



SINUATE. Winding in and out, said of gills that are 

 alternately convex and concave. 



SMOOTH. Glabrous, destitute of pubescence; a sur- 

 face may be uneven and yet smooth. 

 SOLITARY. Growing singly. 

 SORDID. Of a dirty tinge. 



SPATHULATE. Having a flat, round top with a long 

 narrow base. 



SPORE. The reproductive body of cryptograms anal- 

 agous to seeds. 



SQUAMULOSE. Covered with minute scales. 



SQUARROSE. Rough with scales. 



STIPE. Stalk or stem of a mushroom. 



STRIATE. Marked with lines. 



STROBILIFORM. Resembling a pine cone. 



STUFFED. Said of a stem filled with a cottony pith. 



SULCATE. Grooved. 



SUPERFICIAL. Situated close to the surface. 



SUPERIOR. Upper surface, applied to a ring formed 

 from a partial veil which in the young state has 

 its stem attachment above the level of the mar- 

 ginal attachment. 



