Glossary 



MEI/ULLARY, composed of or pertaining to a medulla. 

 MEGA- (Gr. great, large), prefix signifying "great." 



MELANOS'POR-E (Gr. black, seed), a group of fungi having black spores. 

 MEMBRANA'CEOUS (membranaceus, of skin or membrane, <jnembrana, skin, mem- 

 brane), pertaining to, or of the nature of, skin, membrane ; membranaceous ; thin, 



rather soft and pliable. 

 MERIS X MOID (merisma, from Gr. to divide, H form), applied to pileus which is 



subdivided into many smaller pilei ; resembling a Merisma ; having a branched or 



laciniate pileus. 



MES'OPOD (Gr. middle, -\ foot), plant having a central stem. 



MICACEOUS (micaceus, <m/ca, mica), covered with glistening mica-like particles. 

 MI'CRON, MI'KRON, n, microscopic unit of measure; TsW f a millimeter; nearly 



.00004 inch; to convert inches to microns, approximately, divide by .00004; 



represented by the Greek letter /u, following the number. 

 MILLIMETER, MM. (mille, a thousand, + meter), the thousandth part of a meter, equal 



to 0.03937 inch or nearly ^ inch. It is denoted by mm., as 25.4 mm. is 1 inch. 

 MIN'IATE (mmiattts, pp. of miniare, color with red lead, <n'm'w?n, red lead), ver- 



rnilion-colored ; of a bright, vivid red color. 



MI'TRATE, MIT'RIFORM (mitra, a miter), miter-shaped, bonnet-shaped. 

 MOLD. MOULD, fine soft earth ; a general term to describe certain fungus growths of 



a low type. 

 MONIL'IFORM (monile, necklace; forma, form), contracted at intervals in the length 



like a string of beads. 



MONOS'TICHOUS (Gr. single, -\ a line), arranged in one row. 



MON'STROUS, of unnatural formation; deviating greatly from the natural form or 



structure (has no reference to size). 



MORPHOLOGIC, MORPHOLCK/ICAL, of or pertaining to morphology. 

 MORPHOL'OGY (Gr. form, -\ speak), the science of organic form; the science of 



of outer form and internal structure. 

 MOTHER-CELL, a cell from which another is derived. 

 MOUSE-GRAY (murino-griseus ; murinus). (Lamp-black -f- white -f- sepia.) 

 MOV'ABLE, applied to a ring which has separated from the stem and can be moved 



up and down. 



MUCED'INOUS (mticedo, mucus), having the character of or resembling mold or mildew. 

 MU'CID (tmicidus, moldy, <mwcere, be moldy or musty, <mucus, mucus), musty, 



moldy, slimy. 

 MUCILAGINOUS (mucilago, a moldy, musty juice, + ous), slimy, ropy, slightly viscid, 



soft, moist. 

 Mu'cous (mucosus, slimy, <^mucus, slime), pertaining to mucus, or resembling it; 



slimy, ropy, lubricous. 

 MU'CRO (L. a sharp point, esp. of a sword), a short and abrupt point of a leaf or 



other organ. 

 MU'CRONATE (mucronatus, pointed, <mcro, a sharp point), tipped with an abrupt, 



sharp short point. 



MULTI- (multus, much, many), in composition "many." 

 MUL X TIFID (multijldtts, many-cleft), having many divisions. 

 MULTIPARTITE (muHipartitus, much divided), divided into many parts. 

 MULTISEP / TATE (as if multiseptatus , <jnmltus, many, + septum, a partition), divided 



by many partitions. 



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