Glossary 



PELLK/ULOSE (pelliculosus, <^pellicula, dim. of pellis, skin), furnished with a pel- 

 licle or distinct skin. 

 PELLU'CID (pellucidus, perlucidus, transparent, <^pelhtcere, perlucere, shine through, 



be transparent), admitting the passage of light, transparent, translucent. 

 PEI/TATE (peltatus, armed with a light shield, <^pelta, a light shield), formed like 



a shield and fixed to the stalk by the center, or by some point distinctly within 



the margin. 

 PEN'CILED (pencillum, a painter's brush), marked with fine lines; with pencil-like 



hairs either on the tip or border. 

 PEN'DULOUS, hanging down. 



PEN'ICILLATF. (penicilhts, a pencil), pencil-shaped; having a tuft of short hairs re- 

 sembling a camel's-hair brush. 

 PEREN'NIAL (perennis, lasting the year through, <^per, through, -f annus, year), 



continuing growth from year to year. 



PERGAMENEOUS (pergamena, parchment, -f- eous), like parchment. 

 PERICLI'NAL (Gr. sloping on all sides + al), said of wall cells or any lines when 



parallel with the outer surface. 

 PERIDI'OLUM (dim. of peridium), a secondary or interior peridium containing a 



hymenium. 

 PERID'IUM (pi. PERID'IA) (O. a pouch, wallet), the outer enveloping coat of the 



sporophore in angiocarpous fungi, as in puff-balls. 

 PERIPHERAL, of, belonging to or situated on the periphery. 

 PERIPH'ERY (peripheria, the line around a circle, circumference, part of a circle), 



the exterior surface of any body. 

 PER / ISTOME (peristomium, around a mouth), toothed or variously shaped ring around 



the mouth or orifice for discharge of spores in a peridium. 

 PERITHE'CIUM (pi. PERITHE'CIA) (Gr. a lid), cup-shaped ascocarp with the margin 



incurved so as to form a narrow, mouthed cavity ; the case or hollow shell which 



contains the spores. 

 PER'ONATE (peronatus, <^pero, a kind of high boot), sheathed, booted; said of the 



stem when it has a boot-like or stocking-like covering. 



PERSIS'TENT, enduring, continuing without withering, decaying or falling off. 

 PER'SONATE (personatns, masked, <^persona, mask), masked or disguised in any way. 

 PERVIOUS (pervius, passable ; <j>er, through ; via, a way), having an open tube-like 



passage. 



PEZI'ZOID, resembling a Peziza. 



PI'LEATE (pileatus, capped, bonneted), having a cap or pileus. 

 PILE'OLUS (pi. PILEOLI) (pileolus, dim. of pileus, a hat), secondary pileus, arising 



from the division of a primary pileus ; a little pileus. 

 PI'LEUS (pi. PI'LEI) (pileus, a hat), a part of the receptacle of a fungus, e. g. the 



cap-like heads of agarics ; it may be stipitate, sessile, dimidiate, regular or irreg- 

 ular in form. 

 PILIF'EROUS, PILIG'EROUS, PI'LOSE, PI'LOUS (pilus, hair, -\-ferre, bear), covered with 



hair, especially with fine or soft hair. 



PI'LOSE (pilosus, <^pilus, a hair), covered with hairs; furry. 

 PINK (caryophyllaceus}, a dilute, rose-red color. 



PINKISH-BUFF (caryophyllaceo-luteus). (Yellow-ocher -f light-red + white.) 

 PiNKisH-ViNACEOus (caryophyllaceo-vinaceus). (Indian-red -f- white.) 

 PIP-SHAPED, the shape of an apple seed. 



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