Glossary 



CUP (cupa, a tub, cask, vat), the concave fruiting body of angiocarpous lichens and 



discomycetous fungi; the peridium of a clustering fungus. See APOTHECIUM. 

 CU'PREOUS (cnpreus, of copper, -^cuprum, copper), copper-colored. 

 CU'PULAR, CUMULATE (a little cup, dim. of cupa, a cup), cup-shaped. 

 CU'PCLE, CU'PULA (a little cup, dim. of cupa, a cup), a receptacle shaped like a little 



cup, as in Peziza. 

 CURLED, same as CRISP. 



CURT (curtus, clipped, broken, shortened), short. 

 CUR'TAIX (cortina, a small croft, screen, etc.), same as cortina. 

 CUS'PIDATE (cuspidatus, pp. cuspidare, <^cuspis, a point, spear), with a sharp spear- 

 like point. I 

 CU'TICLE (cuticula, dim. of cutis, the skin), a distinct skin-like layer; cutis, cuticle, 



pellicle and epidermis have been used indiscriminately to describe the separable 



or inseparable skin-like layer sometimes present on the outer surface of the pileus 



and stem ; of these terms, cuticle is used most commonly. 

 CU'TIS. See CUTICLE. 



CYA'NEOUS (cyaneux, dark blue), bright blue; azure; lapis-lazuli blue. 

 CYAXO'SIS (Gr. dark -blue, + osis), in pathology a blue or more or less livid color of 



the surface of the body, due to imperfect circulation and oxygenation of the 



Mood. 

 OY'ATIIIFORM (cyathits, a cup; forma, form), cup-shaped, shape of a drinking glass 



slightly widened at the top. 

 'CYLIX'DRIC, CYLINDRICAL (cyUndrieu, cylinder), cylinder-shaped; applied to a 



branch or stem having the same or nearly the same diameter throughout, and 



its cross-section circular. 



CYM'B.EFORM, CYM'BIFORM (cymba, a boat, -{-forma, shape), boat-shape. 

 CYST (cystis, the bladder, bag, pouch), a bladder-like cell or cavity. 

 CYSTID'IUM (pi. CYSTID'IA) (Gr. the bladder, + the dim. termination), sterile 



bladder cells of the hymenium, generally larger than the basidia cells between 



which and with which they are formed. 



DASH, -, between two figures = to; from 2 to 4. 



DAUGHTER-CELL, any cell when mentioned in relation to the one (mother-cell) from 

 which it is derived. 



DEAI/BATE (dealbatus, pp. of dealbare, whiten, Avhite-wash, etc., <de -f albare, 

 whiten), as if white-washed; covered with very white opaque powder. 



DECID'UOUS (deciduus, that falls clown; <^decidere,<de, down, + cedere, to fall), fall- 

 ing off at maturity or at the end of the season, not permanent; losing the foliage 

 every year. 



DECOR'TICATE, DECOR'TICATED (decortfcatus, pp. of decorticare, <de, from, + cortex, 

 bark), denuded of bark; destitute of a cortex or cortical layer. 



DKCUM'BEXT (decumben(t-}s, ppr. of decumbere, lie down, <<fe, down, -f cumbers, lie) 

 applied to a stem having the lower part re&ting on the ground. 



DECUR'RENT (decurren(t-}s, ppr. decurrere, run down), applied to lamellse (gills) 

 which are prolonged down the stem. 



DECURVED' (decurve -f ed, after decurvatus, curved back), curved downward; op- 

 posed to recurved. 



DEFLEXED X (deflexus, pp. deflectere, turn aside), bent or turned down. 



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