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GLOSSARY 



Adnate (adnascor, to grow to), of gills broadly attached to the stem. 

 Adnexed (ad, to, necto, to join), of gills slightly joined to the stem. 

 ^Ecidia (Gr. oikidion, a little house), small cup-shaped fungi. 



(cerugo, rust of copper), the bhie-green colour of verdigris. 

 (festivalis}, belonging or peculiar to summer. 

 Agglutinate (agglutino, to glue), glued to a surface. 



Algal (alga, a sea-weed), relating to Alga, a group to which belong the sea- 

 weeds and many fresh -water plants, including microscopic green plants 



which grow in water and damp places. 

 Alveolate (alveus, a hollow), in the form of small depressions like a shallow 



honeycomb. * 



Amphigenous (Gr. amphi, around, gennao, to beget), not confined to one 



surface, all round, as in the hymenium of Clavaria. 

 Anastomosing (Gr. anastomosis, a bringing to a point), united by running 



together irregularly. 

 Annular, in the form of a ring. 

 Annulate, bearing a ring on the stem. 

 Annulus (annulus, a ring), the ring round the stem. 

 Apiculate (apex, the top), terminating in a small point. 



Appendiculate (appendicula, a small appendage), hanging in small fragments. 

 Applanate (ad, to, planatus, made flat), flattened. 

 Approximate (ad, to, proximo, to approach), of gills which approach but do not 



touch the stem. 



Arachnoid (Gr. arachne, a spider's web, eidos, resemblance), like a cobweb. 

 Arcuate (arcuatus, bent like a bow), of gills, bow-shaped. 

 Areolate (area, a plot, a space), divided into small areas or patches. 

 Ascus (Gr. askos, a wine-skin), the swollen end of a hyphal branch, in which 



spores are borne in Ascomycetes. 

 Atomate, sprinkled with small particles. 



Basidium (basidium, a little pedestal), the mother-cell which bears the spores in 



Hymenomycetes and Gasteromycetes. 

 Bifid (bifiJus, twice-cleft), divided half-way into two. 

 Bullate (bulla, a bubble), furnished with a boss or stud. 

 Byssoid (byssus, fine flax), composed of fine threads. 



Caespitose (ccespes, a clump), growing in tufts. 

 Calyptra (calyptra, a hood), any extinguisher-shaped covering. 

 Campanulate (campana, a bell), bell-shaped. 

 Cancellate (cancellatus), latticed, as in Clathrus. 



Capillitium (capilhis, a hair), the dense mass of sterile fibres mixed with the 

 spores in the gleba of the Gasteromycetes. 



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