mycetogenous 



myrmecobromous 



producing Fungi; >-' Ghloran'thy, 

 the development of green in organs 

 normally of some other colour, due 

 to a fungous parasite ; ■^ Chlor'isis, 

 Avhcre the chlorophyll is bleached 

 by thie action of hyphae of some 

 Fungus (Tubeuf); my'cetoid, myce- ; 

 toi'deus {fl^os, like), fungoid ; with j 

 the appearance of Fungi ; Myce- 

 tol'ogy, Mycetolo'gia {A6yos, dis- j 

 course), = Mycology ; Myce'tozoa | 

 {((^ov, an auimal), De P)ar\'^'s term 

 for Myxooastkes ; adj. niyceto- 

 zo'an. 

 Mychogam'ia {/J^vxhs, recess), self or 

 direct fertilization, as opposed to 

 Hercogamy (Clements). 

 My'cina, in Licliens, a globular stipitate 



apotheciuni. 

 Mycocecid'ium (/nw/crjs, a nuishroom ; 

 KfjKls, k7}k7Bos, a gall-nut), a gall 

 produced by a Fungus; Myco- 

 doma'tia {Swixdnou, a. little house), 

 fungus-chambers, formations of 

 peculiar character found on the 

 roots of plants, regarded hj Frank 

 as possessed of the power of at- 

 tracting B'ungi and digesting them ; 

 Mycol'ogist (?.6yos, discourse), one 

 skilled in tlie knowledge of Fungi ; 

 Mycorog-y, the science of Fungi ; 

 My'coma, the body of a Fungus 

 (A. Braun) ; Mycomyce'tes, the 

 higher Fungi ; Mycomy'cophytea 

 {(pvrhu, a plant), IMarchand's term 

 to include Fungi and certain 

 Lichens ; mycoph'thorous {<pd6pos, 

 destruction), a Fungus parasitic on 

 another Fungus, as llypocrca fungi- 

 cola (Rutland); Mycophy'tophytes, 

 Marchand's name for Lichens other 

 than MYCOMYCOPHYTES; My'coplasm 

 (■n-Adcr/xo, moulded), (1) Frank's term 

 ibr bacteroids, as the rliizobia on 

 leguminiferous roots; (2) an as- 

 sumed property of the protoplasm 

 of panisitic Fungi of renuiining 

 latent in tlie seed of the Jiost, and 

 reawakening to complete its cycle, 

 on the return of favourable condi- 

 tions; adj.mycoplas'mic; Mycoplas'- 

 ma, Eriksson's teim for a lateut 

 .svnibiotic fnrui of Puccinia wliich 



may exist in tlie seed and develop 

 into a mycelium Avheu the host has 

 developed ; Mycopro'tein ( -\- Pno- 

 TEix), a gelatinous albuminoid 

 rese7n]>ling protoplasm, of which 

 the putrefactive bacteria are com- 

 posed; MycorhFzome (-|- Rhizome), 

 mycori'hiza-like structure in Coral- 

 lorhiza and Epipogtim roots ; My- 

 corhi'za, preferably Mycorrhi'za 

 [piCa-, a root), the symbiotic union 

 of Fungi and roots of ]ilants ; it 

 may be ectotroph'ic, feeding out- 

 side, or endotrophlc, obtaining its 

 nourishment internally ; farther as 

 ectotrop'ic, '^ entirely outside, or 

 endotrop'ic, ~ entirely within the 

 cells; adj. mycorrhi'zic ; My'cose, 

 My'cosin, the s[iecial nitrogenous 

 substauce of the cell-wall in Fungi 

 corresponding to the animal sub' 

 stance chitin (Gilson) ; Myco'sis, a 

 disease in animal tissue caused by 

 species of Eurotium ; mycotroph'ic 

 {rpo(p)], food), employed of plants 

 possessing mycorrhiza. 

 My'crocy3t= Microcyst. 

 Mycropro'tein = Mycopkotein. 

 My'cropyle = Micropyle. 

 My'crozyme = Microzyme. 

 Myioph'ilae {fivta, a fly ; <|>i\€w, I 

 love), i)lants which are fertilized by 

 diptera; their flowers are dull in 

 colour and their odours are dis- 

 agreeable to man. 

 mykoklep'tic [^t-vn-ns, a mushroom; 

 K\€-nriKhs, thievish), applied to the 

 hairs on the rhizome of Corallo- 

 rhiza iimnta, R. Br., "which seize 

 the mycelium." 

 myoch'rous {fj.vs, a mouse; xpovs, of 



the skin), mouse -coloured. 

 Myr, used in Norway and Iceland for 



any kind of Moon. 

 myr'cioid (e/5os, resemblance), like 

 Miircid or akin to it (b\ v. Mueller), 

 myr'iaspored [fxvpias, a myriad ; + 

 Si'okk). having innumerable spores, 

 myriophyll'oid (e/Sos, resemblance), 

 like }i!iriophyUum or having aftinity 

 with it. 

 myrmecobro'mous {i^vpfiri^, an ant ; 

 ^pwfxr), food), applied to plants 



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