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GLOSSARY. 



Alulfisep'fafe: having many partitions or septa. 



Mu'ricate: covered with sliort hard points. 



Miiric'ulale: finely muricate. 



Mii'riform: descriptive of spores that have septa at right angles to each 



other, or like bricks in a wall. 

 Mti'rinc or muiinous' mouse-colored. 

 Mushroom: a word used for all the conspicuous higher fungi; the term 



is not properly confined to the edible toadstools, 

 ilfvr- (mycet- or myco-) : is a prefix meaning fungus. 

 Myce'Uum: the mass of hypae or threads (elongated cells") of which the 



tissue of fungi is composed, especially the visible mat of hyphae of 



the moulds, etc. 

 Myce'Uoid : like mycelium. 



Mycol'ogy: the division of botany which treats of fungi. 

 Mycol'oojst: one versed in mycology. 

 Afycoph' agist: one who eats fungi. 

 Ni'fid. nitidous: shining, polished. 

 Niv'eons: snow-white 



Nu'cletis: the central dense and very complex part of the protoplasm. 

 Obligafc-parasitc: one that can grow only as a parasite; see Facultative- 

 parasite. 

 Ohligatc-sapropJiytc: one that can grow only as a saprophyte; see Facul- 

 tative-saprophyte. 

 Ochrospor'ae: the Agarics that have ocher-colored or brownish spores. 

 Oo' spore: a spore resulting from the act of fecundation, usually a resting- 



spore ; egg-spore. 

 Oper'culatc : with an operculum or lid. 

 Opcr'cuhim: lid of a spore-case. 

 Os'tiolate: with an ostiolum. 



Os'/iole. os'tiobim: orifice for exit of spores; mouth of perithecium. 

 Pal'Ud: pale or of an undecided color. 

 Paf^il'lose : with minute rounded projections. 

 Paraph' ysate: with paraphyses. 

 Parapli'yses: slender cells, often clavate, etc., mixed with the asci, and are 



ap])arently sterile asci. 

 Par'asite: a plant that receives its nourishment direct from living plants 



or animals to which it is attached. 

 Pari'etal: pertaining to or on the wall. 

 Partial veil: in Agarics the veil reaching only from the margin of the 



pileus to the stem. 

 Palel'latc: shape of a dish or pan (patella). 

 Palel'liform: shape of the patella or pan. 

 Pec'tinate: with teeth like a comb. 

 Pel'liele: a very thin skin or cuticle. 

 Pellu rid : translucent. 



P'vidin'him: a secondary or interior peridium. 

 Perid'iuin : the outer coat of a sporophore, as the covering in case of 



Puffballs. Geasters, etc. 

 Perilhe'cium (pi. perithrcia) : a globul.ir or otherwise-shaped receptncle 



in which asci (and ascopores) are produci'd ; it may be closed or 



oi)i n above ; ascoma, ascocarp, etc. 

 Per'onatc: sheathed. 



Pczi'zoid: cup-shpped or rcsemblinp a Pezi?:a. 



Phvcomyce'fes: The Algal-fimgi. as Grape Mildew (Peronospora), etc. 

 Pi'leate: having a cap or pileus. 

 J'i'leus: I'x' cap-like or imibrclki-like portion of an Ag'aric or other 



mushrooms; the pileus with the stem su|)i)orting it is tlie sporopliore 



or so-called fructificatifiri. 



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