Glossary 



ACROP / ETAL (Gr. the top, -f L. petere, seek), developing from below upward, or 

 from the base toward the apex. 



ACU'LEATE, ACU'LEATED (aculeatus, furnished with prickles or stings), slender- 

 pointed. 



ACU'LEUS (pi. ACU'LEI) (a sting, prickle, spine, dim. of acus, a needle), a prickle. 



ACU'MINATE (acumen, a point or extremity), terminating in a long drawn point. 



ACUTE' (acittus, sharp), sharp, applied to gills having sharp edges or pointed at 

 either end. 



AD'NATE (adnatus, grown to, pp. adnasci, to grow to), growing into or fast to; of 

 gills, e. g. closely attached to the stem. 



ADNEXED' (adnexus, connected), of gills attached to the stem, but notadnateto it. 



ADPRESSED' (adpressus, pp. of adprimere, <^ad, to ; premere, to press), pressed in close 

 contact but not adherent. 



ADVENTITIOUS (adventitius, prop, adventicins, coming from abroad, <^adrentus, pp. 

 of advenire, come to, arrive at), appearing casually, or in an abnormal or unusual 

 position or place. 



^ERI/GINOSE, ^ERU'GINOUS (cernginosus, <cer?/gro, rust of copper), verdigris-green. 



AFFINITY (affinita(t-)s, <^afflnis, neighboring, related by marriage), morphological 

 relationship; resemblance in general plan of structure. 



AGAM'IC, AG'AMOUS (Gr. unmarried + z'c), sexless. 



AG'AMOGEN'ESIS (Gr. unmarried, -f- Gr. production), non-sexual reproduction. 



AGAM'OSPORE (Gr. unmarried, + spora, spore), spore formed without fertilization. 



AG'ARIC (agariann, a kind of tree-fungus used as tinder, named, according to Dios- 

 corides, from the country of the Agari in Sarmatia, where this fungus abounded), 

 any gill-bearing fungus ; formerly applied only to members of the genus Agaricus. 



AGAR'ICIOID, of the Mature of an agaric; mushroom-like. 



AGGLOMERATE (ayglomeratus, pp. of agglomerare, adglomerare, wind into a ball, 

 <ad, to, -f- glomerare, wind into a ball), (a) clustered densely, but not connected 

 together; (b) gathered into a rounded mass or into a compacted heap or pile. 



AGGLU'TINATED (agglutinatus, pp. adghttinare, paste to), glued to a surface; grown 

 together fast ; applied to fungi that are firmly attached to matrix 



AGGREGATE, AGGREGATED (aggregatus, pp. adgregare, lead to a flock ; add to), col- 

 lected together but not cohering. 



ALBU'MINOID (albumen + oid), an organic substance containing nitrogen in its com- 

 position, as proteids. 



ALLAN'TOID (Gr.a sausage, + Gr. form), sausage-shaped; narrowly oblong. 



ALLIACEOUS (allium, garlic, + aceous), having the odor of onions. 



ALUTA'CEOUS (alutacius, <^aluta, soft leather), having the quality or color of tanned 

 leather; leathery. 



ALVEO'LATE (alveolatits, hollowed out, <^alveohis, a small hollow), with small de- 

 pressions like a shallow honeycomb, pitted. 



AMOR'PHOUS (Gr. without form, shapeless, misshapen), without definite form, 

 structure or position. 



AM'PHIGEN (Gr. around, + Gr. produce), a thallogen; a name applied to a 

 cryptogam which increases by development of cellular tissue in all directions and 

 not at the summit of a distinct axis. See ACROGEN. 



AMPHIG'ENOUS (Gr. about; Gr. to beget), not confined to one surface, growing 

 all around; e. g., hymenium of Clavaria. 



AMYG'DALINE (amygdalinus, ^amygdala, almond), resembling the almond. 



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