Glossary 



VAS'CULAR (vasculum, a small vessel), consisting of. relating to or furnished with 

 vessels or ducts. 



V ATI/TED, arched like the roof of the mouth. 



VEIL, VE'LUM (velnm, a veil), a covering of various texture more or less completely 

 enwrapping a fungus ; occurring chiefly among the Agaricini ; partial or marginal 

 reiJ, a special envelope extending from the margin of the pileus to the stem en- 

 closing the gills ; universal veil or volva, a special envelope enclosing the entire 

 plant in the young state, either concrete with the cuticle of the pileus as in Lepi- 

 ota or discrete as in Amanita, ultimately ruptured by the expanding pilens, a 

 membranaceous or fibrous or granulose coating stretched over the mouth of an 

 apothecium or cup soon breaking into fragments. 



VEINS, swollen wrinkles on the sides of, and at the base between the gills, often 

 connected to form cross partitions, (b) so-called, the rounded, obtuse-edged gills 

 found upon Cantharellus, Craterellus, (c) the vein-like protuberances upon the 

 surface of some fungi. 



VEI/IFORM, VELAMEN'TOUS (velum, covering; forma, form), resembling or serving as 

 a veil ; of a thin veil-like covering. 



VE'LUM, veil. 



VELU'TINE, VELU'TINOUS (velutum, velvet, + ine), velvety. 



VE'NATE, VEINED, VE'NOSE, VE'NOUS (vena, vein, artery), intersected by swollen 

 wrinkles below and on the sides. 



VEN'TRAL (ventralis, of or pertaining to the belly, stomach, < renter, belly, stomach), 

 applied to the under side of pileus; opposite to "dorsal." 



VEN'TRICOSE (venter, the belly), swollen in the middle; bellied. 



VERMICULAR, VERMIC'ULATE (vermiculus, a worm), worm-shaped. 



VERMILION (cinnabarinus, cinnabar ino-ruber), a very fine red color, lighter and less 

 rosy than carmine, and not so pure or rich as scarlet. 



VER'NAL (vernalis, of the spring, vernal, <^ver, spring), of or pertaining to the spring. 



VER'NICOSE (vernix, varnish), appearing as if varnished. 



VERRU'CA (pi. VERRU'C^E) (verruca, a wart, steep place or height), wart. 



VER'RUCOSE (verrucosus, full of warts), covered with warts or glandular elevations. 



VERRU'CIFORM (verruca, a wart, -f- forma, form), warty, resembling a wart in ap- 

 pearance. 



VERRU'CULOSE (verrucula, a little eminence, a little wart, dim. of verruca, a wart, + 

 ose), minutely verrucose. 



VERTEX (vertex, vortex (tic-), a whirl, eddy, highest point, etc.), the upper ex- 

 tremity. 



VERTICIL'LATE (verticilhis, a whirl), whorled. 



VES'CICLE (vesicula, a little blister, a vesicle, dim. of <^vesica, bladder, blister), a 

 minute bladder-like cell or cavity. 



VESIC'ULAR, VESI'CULATE, VESIC'ULOSE, VESIC'ULOUS (vesicula, vescicle), composed 

 of or like vescicles. 



VII/LOSE, VII/LOUS (villosus, <^villus, a tuft of hair), downy with soft weak hairs. 



VINA'CEOUS, a brownish-pink or delicate brownish-purple color like wine dregs; a 

 soft, delicate wine-colored pink or purple. 



VINA'CEOUS-BUFF (vinaceo-luteus) . (Indian-red -f- yellow ocher + white.) 



VINA'CEOUS-CINNAMON (vinaceo-cinnamomeus) . (Burnt umber + burnt sienna -f- 

 white.) 



ViNA x CEOUs-PiNK (vinaceo-caryophyllaceus). (Madder-carmine + light-red -f- white.) 



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