384 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



Lacerate, having the margin deeply cut into irregular segments as if torn. 



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 Laciniate, deeply cut into incisions or lobes, slashed; more irregular and 



coarser than fimbriate. 



Lenticular, in the form of a double convex lens. 

 Ligulate, with narrow, tongue-shaped extensions. 

 Linear, long and narrow, with the sides parallel. 

 Lobate, border broadly rounded with equally broad sinuses. 

 Lobulate, having small lobes. 



Marginate, with a distinct margin. 



Marmorate, marbled, covered with faint, irregular stripes, or traced with vein- 

 like markings like marble. 



Membranous, thin and soft and usually translucent, like a membrane. 



Moniliform, neckless-shaped, cylindrical and contracted at regular intervals so 

 as to resemble a string of beads. 



Moruloid, like a morula, segmented. 



Mycelioid, referring to colonies with the radiate filamentous appearance of 

 mould colonies. 



Nacreous, translucent, grayish white, with pearly lustre. 

 Napiform, form of a turnip. Fig. 9, 2. 

 Nodose, knotted, swollen at intervals. 

 Nodulose, diminutive of nodose. 



Ochraceous, brownish yellow. 



Oleaginous, transparent and yellow, olive to linseed oil colored. 



Olivaceous, dusky green. 



Ovate, outline of an egg. 



Papilla (pi. papillae), a teat-shaped protuberance. 



Papillate, having papillae. 



Parasite, an organism which grows upon or within another from which it 



derives its nourishment. 

 Patelliform, shape of a watch crystal or shallow saucer ; more shallow than 



crateriform. 



Pathogenic, producing disease. 

 Pellucid, translucent. 

 Penicillate, like a brush. 



Plasmolysis, the contraction of the protoplasm under the influence of reagents. 

 Plumose, like a plume or feather, feathery. 

 Polymorphism, having a variety of forms under different conditions of growth 



or environment. 

 Pulverulent, as if covered with dust. 



