Glossary 



MU'RICATE (muricatus, pointed), rough with short hard points. 



MURIC'ULATE (muriculatus, dim. of muricatux, pointed), finely muricate. 



MU'RIFORM (mums, wall, + forma, shape), resembling the arrangement of the bricks 

 in the walls of a house ; said of spores having septa at right angles to each other. 



MU'RINE, MU'RINOUS (murinus, of a mouse), mouse-colored. 



MUSH'ROOM, a cryptogamic plant of the class fungi: applied in a general sense to 

 almost any of the larger, conspicuous fungi, such as toadstools, puff-balls, hydnei, 

 etc., but more particularly to the agaricoid fungi and especially to the edible 

 forms. 



MI/TUALISM, symbiosis of two organisms living together and mutually helping and 

 supporting each other. 



MYC, MYCET, MYCETO, MYCO, prefix signifying "fungus." 



MYCE'LIAL, of or pertaining to mycelium. 



MYCE'LIUM (Gr. a fungus, + an excrescence), spawn of fungi resulting from the 

 germination of spores; in agarics e. g. forming root-like threads; the weft of 

 threads from which the mushroom arises. 



MYCE'LIOID, like mycelium. 



MYC'ELOID, like a fungus. 



MYCETOI/OGY (Gr. a fungus, -j speak), mycology. 



MYOO LOGICAL, relating to fungi. 



MYOOL'OGIST, one who is versed in mycology.' 



MYOOI/OGY (Gr. a fungus, -\ speak), the science of fungi, their structure, classi- 

 fication, etc. 



MYGX>PH / AGIST, one who eats fungi. 



MYCOPH / AGY (Gr. a fungus, -\ eat), the eating of fungi. 



NA / KED, bare ; without covering of any kind, as of an enveloping membrane, prui- 

 nose, farinaceous or furfuraceous particles, tomentum, fragments of volva or 

 veil, etc. 



NAP X IFORM (napus, a turnip, + forma, form), turnip-shaped. 



NARROW, of a very slight vertical width. 



NAS'CENT (nascen(t)s, ppr. of nasci, be born), in the earliest rudimentary condition; 

 beginning to exist or to grow. 



NATURALIZED, said of a plant of foreign origin which thrives as if indigenous. 



NAVIC'ULAR, NAVICULOID (navicula, a small ship or boat), boat-shaped; scaphoid. 



NETTED, covered with projecting, reticulated lines. 



NIGRESCENT, NIG'RICANT (nigrescen(t-)s, ppr. of nigrescere, become black, grow dark), 

 becoming black, also blackish, dusky, fuscous. 



NIT'ID, NITROUS (nitidus, shining, bright, <^nitere, to shine), lustrous, shining, pol- 

 ished. 



NI'VEOUS (niveus, snowy, <m'x, snow), snow-white. 



NOD'ULE (nodulus, a little knot, dim. of nodus, a knot), a little knot or lump. 



NOD'ULOSE, NOD'ULOUS (nodulosus, <^nodulus, a little knot), having little swellings, 

 knotty. 



NON-, not ; prefix giving a negative sense to words. 



NUCLEATE, NI/CLEATED (nucleatus, having a kernel), having a nucleus or nuclei. 



NUCLE'OLUS (pi. NUCLEI) (nucleolus, dim. of nucleus, a little nut), sharply defined 

 point often seen in the nucleus. 



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