Glossary 



CONCEP'TACLE (conceptaculum, <^concipere, pp. conceptus, contain, conceive), a closed 



sporiferous body. 



CON'CHIFORM (concha, a shell, + forma, shape), shell-shaped, resembling a clam- 

 shell in shape. 



CONCOLORED, CoNcoi/OROus (concolor, of one color), of a uniform color. 

 CONCRES'CENT (concrescentia, <^concrescere , grow together), growing together. 

 CONCRETE (concretus, grown together, solid), coalescent; united in a coagulated, 



condensed or solid mass ; grown together. 

 CONFER'VOID (conferva, a name applied to certain of the Algse, sea-weeds; -j- Gr. 



form), like a Conferva, from the finely branched threads; loose and filamentous. 

 CON'FLUENT (con, together, + &r. flue-re, flow), blended into one. 

 CON'GENER (congener, of the same race, <co, together, -f genus (gener), race), of 



the same genus or kind. 

 CONGENERIC, CONGENERICAL, CONGENEROUS (congener, of the same race, -f- ic, ous), 



belonging to or nearly allied to the same genus. 

 CONGENERIC (con, together, -f G-r. generation, seed), produced at the same time or 



by the same cause; alike in origin. 

 CONGLOMERATE (conylomeratus, pp. of conglomerare, roll together, heap together, 



<co?n, together, + glomerare, gather into a ball), densely clustered; gathered 



into a round mass; composed of heterogeneous materials. 

 CONGLU'TINATE (conglutinatus, pp. of conglutinare, glue together, <^com, together, -j- 



glutinare, glue), as if glued together. 

 CONID'IAL (conidium -f- al), pertaining to or of the nature of a conidium or conidia; 



characterized by the formation of conidia ; bearing conidia. 



CONIDIIF'EROUS', CONIDIOPH'OROUS (conidium, dust, -{- ferre, bear), bearing conidia. 

 CONID'IOPHORE (conidium, -f Gr. bearing), a hypha from which are abstricted 



conidia. 

 CONID / IUM (pi. CONIDIA), a non-sexual spore formed singly or in chains by abstric- 



tion from the ends of hyphse or hyphal branches. See under SPORE. 

 CO'NIFER (conifer, cone-bearing, <^conns, a cone, -\-ferre, bear), a cone-bearing tree. 

 CONJUGATION (conjugatio(n-}, a joining, entomological relationship, <^conjttgare, 



pp. conjugates, join), union of two cells to form a spore. 

 CON'NATE (connatus, pp. connasci, <con, together; nascor, to be born), united by 



growing together from the first. 



CON X NIVENT (conniven^t-)s, coniven(t-)s, ppr. of connivere, conivere, wink at; over- 

 look), having an inward direction, converging, coming in contact, said of a cup 



whose sides curve inward and meet at the margin. 

 CONSTANT (constan(t-~)s, steady, firm, <^com, together, -)- stare), always present or 



always in the same condition. 

 CONSTRICTED (constrict + ed), contracted so as to be smaller in one or more places 



than in others. 



CONTEXT (contextus, pp. of contexere, join or weave together), texture; substance. 

 CONTIGUOUS (contifjuus, touching), near, or in contact. 



CONTINUOUS (continuus, joined, <^continere, hold together), without a break; applied 

 / to spores or hyphse that have no septa. 

 CONTORTED (contortus, pp. of contorquere, twist, <^com, together; torquere, twist), 



distorted, twisted, crooked or deformed. 

 CONVEX (comoexus, vaulted, arched, convex, concave), elevated and regularly 



rounded ; forming the segment of a sphere or nearly so. 



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