114 Mycnlogical Bulletin No. 2g. [Vol. Ill 



MYCOLOGICAI. GLOSSARY. 



Gc'iius: a group of closely r-ilaled species. 



Cib'boiis: swollen at one point. 



Gills: the laiiwllac or plates in an Agaric on which the hasidiospores are 

 borne. 



Glab'roiis: smooth, devoid of pubescence or hairiness. 



Glaii'cous: with a whitish waxy bloom. 



Glc'ba: in Gasteromycetes the spore-bearing cavernous tissue, as the Puff- 

 balls and Phalloids. 



Goiiid'iuin: same as Conidiiiin, but formerly used only for the green bodies 

 (algae) in the tissue of Lichens. 



Gregarious: said of Mushrooms not solitary, but many in a locality grow- 

 ing together, yet not caespitose. 



Gul'ta (pi. guttac): drops or included oil-globules. 



Gut' fate: with tear-like drops or guttae. 



Gut' tula (pi. guttulae): small drops or minute included oil-globules. 



Gut'tulate: with guttulae. 



Gynmocar'pous: with exposed hymenium at maturity. 



<.iyrate. gyrose: wavy folds or like the brain convolutions. 



Hab'itat ■ the natural place of growth of a plant. 



Hausto'rium (pi. haustoria) : a special branch of a hypha or projection 

 that acts as a sucker and holdfast for a parasitic fungus. 



Het'eroeeisiu: Jiving on more than one host during the life-cycle; for 

 example one Wheat Rust has its first stage on Barberry leaves, 



Hir'sute. with stiff hairs. 



Host: the plant or animal on which a parasitic fungus grows. 



rloiiiorogous: said of parts having fundamental likeness in structure or 

 of corresponding origin; analogy refers to similarity merely in 

 fimction ; homology takes into account only structure and ( ri"in. 



Jfy'atiiie- transparent, clear like glass. 



Hygroinet'ric: riadily absorbing water. 



Hygroph'ancus: watery appearance when moi'^t. but op.'ique when dry. 



Hygroscop'ie : absorbing moisture from the air. 



Hyine'niuui: the fruit-bearing (spore-bearing) surface. 



Hyiueiunnyee'tes: those Ba'^idiomycetous fungi which haw the liymenium 

 exposed. 



J fy'inenophore : the portion which bears the hymenium. 



Ily'pha (pi. hxphae) : one of the elongated cells or lilaments of which the 

 fun.L'us is composed. 



Ify'plial- pertaining to a hypha. 



Hyphouiycet'es- the '"imperfect fungi" whose conidia are borne on super- 

 licial often Hoccose hypliae, pycnidia absent. 



Jfvpiu-rate'rifonu: of the form of a cylindrical cu]) with outwanlly turned 

 margin : salver-form. 



Hypogae'ous: below the surface of the ground. 



Hypog'eiious: growing on the under side. 



Ilxpophyl'lous: growing on. the under side of a leaf. 



J f'vpothal'lus: a membranous or fleshy base to perithecia or spor;nigia 



Hypothe'cium: the hyphal layer beneath the hymenium. 



Hvsle'rioid : elongate boat-shaped, like one of the group of I/ysleriaerae. 



Im'brieate: overlapping like shingles. 



Jniperfec! fungi: those fruiting stages of fungi which jirecede the form 

 that represents the I'mal stage in the lifi'-cycle ol the species. 



Incar'uaie: tlesh-colored. 



Indelus'reni ■ not o])ening at m.alurity as ;in indehiscent peridium. 



Indu'sinui: in Phalloids it is the veil beneath the pileus. 



Inferior: as the ring of an Agaric far down on the stem. 



Infundih'ulifonu : funnel-shaped. 



Innate: within or blending with the substance of a part. 



[to I'.K roNTINI'F.n.] 



