48 Notices of Fungi in Greek and Latin Authors. 



Greek and Latin Names of Fungi ', <Pc. 



Greek. 



Latin. 



Derivation. 



Species or meaning. 



dfj.av7.TaL, a>v (m.), 

 Galen. 



dyapiKov (»■). 



('kt\iov {n.y 



i* oXirrjs, ov (>«.), 

 Galen. 



(»■)• 



Kepavviov, ov (ye- 

 paveiov ?) Tkeo- 

 phrastus. 



ajyancum. 



boletus. 



cerauniurn (Pliny). 



fxiav,vos, & ea)s(n.). misy (Pliny) 



Unknown. 



From Agarum in Sar- 

 matia. 



Of Lithuanian origin, 

 Waszkas " a fun- 

 gus.'' Cf. Mod. 

 Greek IWa, Pelasg. 

 eske, a fungus. P. 

 fomentarius. 



/SwXoy, u a clod," a 

 round mass=Lat. 

 gleba, perhaps in al- 

 lusion to the ball-like 

 form of the young 

 fungus. 



Unknown. 



Kepavvoi, thunder. 



Of Egyptian origin ; 

 the word also de- 

 notes metallic efflo- 

 rescence of copper- 

 ore of a golden or 

 yellow colour (Dios- 

 cor. v. 116). 



The general name of 

 A.pratensis and other 

 edible fungi. Mod. 

 Grk. pavirapui. 



Polyporus officinalis, 



A name of the truffle, 

 generally called vbvov. 



Amanita Ccesarea. 



A Thracian name of a 

 truffle. 



A name of a truffle 

 which was thought 

 to grow more especi- 

 ally after thunder- 

 showers. 



The name of some 

 highly esteemed 



truffle in the province 

 of Cyrenaica. 



pvKrjs, t)tos, or ov 

 (m.) (y). 



Tri(is, toy (/.). 

 TTtCltj, IKOi (/.). 



fungus = sfungus = 

 anoyyos "a. sponge,'' 

 cf. spongiole, the 

 present Italian name 

 of the morel (Mor- 

 chelict). 



pezicas (Pliny). 



akin to pvnos (mucus), I The general Greek and 



slime 



n(£a, "the foot,'' "bot- 

 tom," " base," that 

 which rests on its 

 base, " sessile." 



Latin name of any 

 kind of fundus. 



Various kinds of Puff- 

 balls, .Bow's/a and Ly- 

 eoperdon. (7/'.the mo- 

 dern Italian name of 

 vescia, " toadstool," 

 " puff-fist." 



* According to Wharton (' Etyma Grseca,' pp. 30 and 61), acrx^v is etymologically 

 allied to lt-6s, " bird-lime,'' Lat. viscum, English " wax ; " with this idea the Greek word 

 p,vKr)s, "a slimy sticky thing," may be compared. 



