Mycelitha 



Myrrh 



the layer formed by the interweav- 

 ing of the hyphae ; Myce'litha (X/0os, 

 a stone), an old term for SCLERO- 

 TIUM ; mycetogenet'ic (yevtrys, a 

 parent), producing Fungi ; ~ 

 Metamorph'osis, deformation of 

 parts by Fungi; mycetog'enous 

 (yfros, race, offspring), producing 

 Fungi ; ~ Chloran'thy, the deve- 

 lopment of green in organs nor- 

 mally of some other colour, due to 

 a fungous parasite ; ~ Chlor'isis, 

 where the chlorophyll is bleached 

 by the action of hyphae of some 

 Fungus (Tubeuf) ; my'cetoid, myce- 

 toi'deus (e?5o?, like), fungoid ; with 

 the appearance of Fungi ; Myce- 

 tol'ogy, Mycetolo'gia (Xoyos, dis- 

 course) = MYCOLOGY ; Myce'tozoa 

 (&ov, an animal), De Bary's term 

 for MYXOGASTRES ; adj. myceto- 

 zo'an ; My'cina, in Lichens, a globu- 

 lar stipitate apothecium ; Mycoce- 

 cid'ium (KTJ/CIS, KyKldos, a gall-nut), 

 a gall produced by a Fungus ; My- 

 codoma'tia (Sw/mnov, a little house), 

 fungus-chambers, formations of 

 peculiar character found on the 

 roots of plants, regarded by Frank 

 as possessed of the power of at- 

 tracting Fungi and digesting them ; 

 Mycol'ogist (X67os, discourse), one 

 skilled in the knowledge of Fungi ; 

 Mycol'ogy, the science of Fungi ; 

 Mycomy'cophytes (<j>vrbv, a plant), 

 Marchand's term to include Fungi 

 and certain Lichens; Mycophy'to- 

 phytes, the same writer's name for 

 the remaining Lichens ; My'coplasm 

 (n-XdoTta, moulded), Frank's term 

 for bacteroids, as the Rhizobia on 

 leguminiferous roots ; Mycoplas'- 

 ma, Eriksson's term for a latent 

 symbiotic form of Puccinia which 

 may exist in the seed and develop 

 into a mycelium when the host has 

 grown into a plant ; Mycopro'tein 

 ( + PROTEIN), a gelatinous albu- 

 minoid resembling protoplasm, of 

 which the putrefactive bacteria 

 are composed ; Mycorhi'zome ( + 

 RHIZOME), mycorrhiza-like struc- 

 ture in Corallorhiza and Epipogum 



roots ; MycorM'za, preferably My- 

 corrhi'za (ptfa, a root), the symbiotic 

 union of Fungi and roots of plants ; 

 it may be ectotrop'ic, ~ entirely out- 

 side, or endotrop'ic, ~ entirely with- 

 in the cells ; My 'cose, My'cosin, the 

 rial nitrogenous substance of 

 cell-wall in Fungi corres- 

 ponding to the animal substance 

 chitin (Gilson) ; Myco'sis, a disease 

 in animal tissue caused by species 

 of Eurotium ; My'crocyst = MICRO- 

 CYST; Mycropro'tein = MYCOPRO- 

 TEIN ; My'cropyle = MICROPYLE ; 

 My'crozyme = MICROZYME. 



Myioph'ilae (/zina, a fly, <iXe'o>, I love), 

 plants which are fertilised by dip- 

 tera ; their flowers are dull in 

 colour and their odours are dis- 

 agreeable to man. 



mykoklep'tic (/itf/ojs, a mushroom, 

 KXeTrri/cds, thievish), applied to 

 the hairs on the rhizome of Corallor- 

 hiza innata, R. Br., "which seize 

 the mycelium." 



myocli'rous (/xus, a mouse, xpous, of 

 the skin), mouse-coloured. 



Myrmecodoma'tia (^u'p/x?;^, an ant, 

 dw/jidTiov, a little house), shelters 

 formed by plants in which ants 

 live; myrmecoph'ilous (0iX<?w, I 

 love), plants which are in- 

 habited by ants and offer special- 

 ised shelters or food for them; 

 Myrmecoph'ilisin, the state describ- 

 ed ; further particularised by War- 

 burg, as myrmecod'omous (So^os, 

 a house), affording shelter only ; 

 myrmecotroph'ic (rpo^, food), 

 furnishing food ; myrmecox'enous 

 (&vos, a host), supplying both 

 food and shelter ; Myrme'cophytes 

 (<f>vrov, a plant), ant-plants ; Myr- 

 mecosymfoio'sis ( + SYMBIOSIS), the 

 mutual relations between the ants 

 and their host-plants ; adj. myr- 

 mecosymbio'tic. 



My'rosin (p^pov, sweet juice), a gluco- 

 side occurring in the seed of 

 Brassica sinapoides. Roth, and 

 other Crucifers. 



Myrrh, an aromatic gum-resin yielded 

 by Commiphora Myrrha, Engl. 



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