Glossary 



BRANCHED (brancha, claw), dividing from the sides; also styled furcate and forked ; 



ramifying, diverging. 

 BRICK, trade-term for a mass of mushroom spawn, in dimensions the size of a brick 



of masonry. 

 BRICK RED (testaceus, lateritius, rutilus), a dull brownish-red color like the color 



of burnt bricks. 



BROAD, wide or deep vertically, not narrow. 

 BROCCOLI COLOR, the color of a variety of cabbage. 

 BUFF (luteus, Int-poJua), a light dull brownish-yellow, like the color of dressed buck- 



skin or chamois. 

 BULBOUS (bulbusus, <ibulbns, bulb), said of the stem of a mushroom when it has a 



bulb-like swelling at the base. 

 BYSSA'CEXDUS, BYS'SOID (as if byssaceus, < byssus), resembling or consisting of fine 



filaments like the flax or cotton. 

 BYS'SUS (Gfr. originally a fine yellowish flax), an old name for the filamentous 



myceliiim of certain fungi. 



CERU'LEOS (cceruleus, dark-blue, dark -green, dark colored), light blue; 



sky-blue. 



C^/sious (OGSM<S, bluish-gray), pale, bluish-gray; lavender colored. 

 C^ES'PITOSEV C^ES'PITOUS, CES / PiTOSE (ccespitostts, <^ccesposns, a clump of turf), grow- 



ing in tufts or clumps. 



CALCA'REOUS (calcarius, pertaining to lime, <caZ?/z, lime), chalky, chalk-like. 

 CALLOS'ITY, CAL'LUS (callosita, <^callosus, callous), a hard or thickened spot or pro- 



tuberance. 

 CALYP'TRA (Grr. a veil, hence calyptra, a hood), applied e. g. to the portion of the 



volva covering the pileus. 

 CAMPAN'ULATE (campana, a bell), bell-shaped. 



CANALICULATE (canaliculus, a little channel), channeled, furrowed. 

 CAN'CELLATE (cancellatus, pp. of canceUarc, make like or provide with a lattice), 

 latticed, marked both longitudinally and transversely with an open network. 

 CAN'DIDOUS (candidus} , shining white. 

 CANES'CENT (canescen(t-)s, pp. of canescere, <^camts, white or hoary), having whitish, 



grayish or hoary pubescence. 



CAP, pileus; the expanded, umbrella-like receptacle of the common mushroom. 

 CAP'ILLARY (capillaris, pertaining to the hair, <^capillns, the hair), pertaining to or 



resembling hair. 



CAPIL^IFORM (capilltts, hair, -\-fomna, form), in the shape or form of a hair. 

 CAPILLIT'IUM (capillus, hair), spore-bearing threads, filling as a packing material 



the fruiting part of certain fungi, variable in thickness and color, sometimes con- 



tinuous with the sterile base, sometimes free, dense, persistent or lax and evanes- 



cent, often branched ; found in the Lycoperdons. 

 CAPITATE (capitutus, having a head, <^caput, head), having a head, or the form of a 



head. 



CAPIT'ULUM (capitulum, a small head, <_caput, head), a small head. 

 CAPSULE (capsula, a small box or chest, dim. of capsa, a box), an enclosing envel- 



ope usually thin and membranous. 

 CARBONACEOUS (carbon -j- aceous), rigid, blackish and brittle; like or composed of 



carbon or coaly matter. 



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