Glossary 



ELLIPTIC, ELLIPTICAL (Gr. ellipse), elongate-ovate; more than twice as long as 

 broad ; parallel-sided in the middle and rounded at both ends. 



EMAR'GINATE (emarginatus, pp. emarginare, <e, out of; margo, the margin), notched 

 at the end ; of gills with a sudden scoop, as if scooped out at the point of attach- 

 ment to the stem. 



EMBOSSED 7 , in botany projecting in the center like the boss or urnbo of a round 

 shield. 



EM'BRYO, the mushroom before leaving its volva, also an early stage of mushrooms 

 which have no volva. 



ENCRUST'ING (incrustare, cover with a rind or crust, <iw, on, + crusta, a crust). 



ENDEM'IC (Gr. native), peculiar to and characteristic of a locality or region; in- 

 digenous in some region and not elsewhere. 



ENDO-, ENTO- (Gr. "in," "within"), prefix signifying "within," "inside." 



ENDOBASID'IA (Gr. within, + basidium), basidia enclosed in a dehiscent or in- 

 dehiscent conceptacle. 



ENDOCAU'LOUS (Gr. within, + caulis, a stalk), growing in the substance of herbace- 

 ous stems. 



EN'DOGEN (Gr. within, + producing). See MONOCOTYLEDON. 



ENDOGENOUS (Gr. within, + Gr. producing, -+- ous), produced within another 

 body ; of or pertaining to the class of endogens. 



ENDOPERID'IUM (Gr. within, + peridium), inner layer of the peridium. 



EN'DOPHYTE (Gr. within, + a plant), a plant growing within an animal or another 

 plant, usually as a parasite; entophyte. 



EN'DOSPORE, ENDOSPO'RIUM (Gr. within, + Gr. seed), (a) the inner coat of a 

 spore ; (b) spore which is produced within a sporangium or spore-sac as the 

 ascospores. 



EN'SIFORM (ensis, a sword, -{-forma, shape), sword-shaped. 



ENTIRE' (integer, <^integrum, whole), the edge quite devoid of serrature or notch; 

 continuous. 



ENTOMOG'ENOUS (Gr. an insect, + produced), growing upon or in insects. 



ENTOMOPH'YTOUS (Gr. within, + grow), growing upon or in insects. 



EN'TOPHYTE, endophyte. 



EPIDER'MIS (Gr. the outer skin), the external or outer layer of the plant. 



EPIG'ENOUS (Gr. growing after or late), growing upon the surface of a part; often 

 limited to growth upon the upper surface, in distinction from hypogenous. 



EPIG^E'OUS, EPIGE'OUS (Gr. on or of the earth; on the ground), growing on or in 

 the ground. 



EP'IPHRAGM (Gr. a covering; lid), a delicate membrane closing the cup-like re- 

 ceptacle of the Nidulariacese. 



EPIPHYTAL, EPIPHYTIC, EPIPHYTICAL (Gr. upon, + a plant), of the nature of an 

 epiphyte. 



EPIPHYTE ( Gr. upon, + a plant) , growing upon the outside of another plant ; either 

 parasitic or not. 



EP'ISPORE, EPISPO'RIUM (Gr. upon, + seed), the outer coat of a spore; same as 

 exosporium. 



EPITHELIUM (Gr. upon, + a case), the layer sometimes formed above the asci 

 by the concrescent tips of the paraphyses. 



EPIX'YLOUS (Gr. upon, + wood + ous), growing upon wood. 



