Glossary 



TYP'ICAL, agreeing closely with the characters assigned to a group or species. 







ULIG / INOSE, ULIG X INOUS (uliginosus, full of moisture, damp, <^uligo, moisture, marsh- 

 iness), growing in marshes or swamps. 



UI/TIMATE (ultimatus, farthest, last, pp. of ultimare, come to an end, <^ultimus, last, 

 finish), farthest, last. 



UM'BER, UM'BRINOUS (umbra, shade, shadow), the color of the pigment called raw 

 umber. 



UMBII/ICATE (umbilicatus, <^umbilicus, navel), with a central depression or rounded 

 pit; having a navel-like depression. 



UMBILICUS (umbilicus, navel), a navel-like depression. 



UMBO (boss of a shield), applied to the central elevation of the cap of some mush- 

 rooms. 



UM X BONATE (umbonatus, <^umbo, the boss of a shield), with a central boss-like eleva- 

 tion. 



UN'CINATE (uncinatus, <^uncinus, a hook), hooked; forming a hook. 



UNDULATE, UN'DATE (nndatus, pp. of undare, rise in waves, <^imda, a wave), having 

 the surface near the margin alternately concave and convex ; waved. 



UNEQUAL, applied to gills when of unequal lengths ; to a stem not of uniform thick- 

 ness. 



UNEVEN, said of surfaces that are irregular, striate, sulcate, etc. 



UNGULATE, UN'GULOUS (ungulatus, having claws or hoofs, <^ungula, claw, talon, 

 hoof), hoof-shaped. 



UNI-, prefix signifying "one." 



UNICOI/OROUS (unicolor, having one color, -f ous), of a uniform color; of the same 

 color. 



UNISE'RIATE (unus, one, + series, series), arranged in one row. 



UNIVERSAL (universus, whole), said of the veil or volva which entirely envelopes 

 the fungus when young. 



UNSEP'TATE (un, not; septum, a fence), having no partitions. 



UR'CEOLATE (urceolus, a little pitcher, -\- ate), shaped like a pitcher with a contract- 

 ed mouth. 



U'TERUS (uterus, the womb, belly), same as peridium in Gastromycetes. 



U'TRICLE (utriculus, a little leather bag or bottle, etc.), any thin bladder-like or 

 bottle-like body. 



VAC'UOLATE, VAC'UOLATED (vacuole + ate), provided with vacuoles. 



VAC'UOLE (vacuolum, dim. of vacuum, an empty space), a cavity of greater or less 

 size within the protoplasmic mass of active vegetable cells filled with water or 

 cell-sap, as it is called. 



VAG'INATE (vagina, a sheath), furnished with or contained in a sheath; sheathed. 



VAGUE, indefinite, indistinct. 



VANDYKE BROWN, a rich deep brown, very similar to burnt umber, but rather less 

 reddish. 



VA'RIABLE (variabilis, changeable, <^variare, change), said of a species which em- 

 braces many individuals which depart more or less from the type of the group. 



VARIEGATED, marked with different colors ; mottled ; same as PAPILIONACEOUS. 



VARIETY, a subdivision of a species with minor characteristics uniformly varying 

 from the type ; an incipient species. 



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