Glossary 



HYIWHE'CIUM (Gr. under, a case), layer of hyphal tissue immediately beneath a 

 hymenium. 



IDENTIFICATION, the determination of a genus and species to which a given speci- 

 men belongs. 



IM / BRICATE, IM'BRICATED (imbricatus , pp. of imbricare, cover with gutter tiles ; form 

 like a gutter tile), to lay or lap one over another, like shingles. 



IMMAR'GINATE (in, negative ; marginatus, marginate), without a well-defined margin. 



IMMERSED' (immersus, pp. of immergere, dip or plunge into), sunk into the matrix; 

 originating beneath the surface of the matrix or of the ground; growing wholly 

 under water. 



IMPER'FORATE (in, not, + perforatus, pp. of perforare, perforate), without any aper- 

 ture. 



INCANES'CENT (incanescen(t-)s, ppr. of incanescere, become gray or hoary), somewhat 

 or slightly canescent. 



INCAR'NATE (in, in, on, + caro (earn), flesh), flesh-colored. 



IM-ISEI/ (incisus, pp. incindere, cut into), appearing as if cut into; having marginal 

 slits or notches. 



INCRAS'SATED (incrassatus, pp. of incrassare, <j,n, in; crassare, make thick), becom- 

 ing thicker by degrees, swelling or swollen. 



INCRUS'TING (incnwtare, cover with a rind or crust, <MI, on, + crusta, a crust), form- 

 ing a crust-like coating. 



INDEHIS'OENT, applied to a peridium which does not open spontaneously at maturity ; 

 the spores within it becoming freed by its decay. 



INUIF'FERENT, primitive, homogenous, not developed into parts or organs of differ- 

 ent structure or function. 



INDIG'ENOUS (indigena, a native), native of a country. 



INDIGO BUTE, a dark blue-color like the indigo of commerce. 



IN'DHRATED (induratus, pp. of indurare, harden, <i, in, -f- durare, harden), hardened. 



INDU'SIITM (L. a tunic, <.induere, put on), in certain phalloids, an appendage or 

 veil hanging from the apex of the stem beneath the pileus. 



INFE'RLOR (inferior, lower), growing below some other part; of the ring of an Agaric 

 which is far down on the stem. 



INFLATED, swollen like a bladder. 



INKLEXED' (inflexus, pp. inflexere, bent), bent inward. 



I.VFUNOIB'ULIFORM (infundibulum, a funnel; forma, form), funnel-shaped. 



INHIBIT/ION (uihibitio(n-) , a restraining, <inhibere, restrain), the lowering of the 

 action of a nervous mechanism by nervous impulses reaching it from a connected 

 mechanism. 



IN'NATE (innatus, pp. of innasci, <m, into; nascor, to be born), originating within 

 the substance of the plant or matrix ; appearing to be within or blending with 

 the substance of a part. 



INORGAN'IC, not produced by vital processes ; not organic. 



ISABELLA COLOR (alutaceus), a light grayish-cinnamon color, or light buff-brown. 



INSERTED (insertus, pp. inserere, to insert), growing like a graft from its stock; at- 

 tached to or growing out of some other part. 



INSITI'TIOUS (insitio, an ingrafting, <mserere, pp. insitus, sow or plant, ingraft), 

 inserted. 



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