MYCOLOGICAL GLOSSARY 



Coriaceous: of a leathery texture. 



Cor'neous: of a horny texture. 



Cor' tax: outer, rind-like layer. 



Cor'ticular: pertaining 1o or with a cortex. 



Corti'na: the web-like veil of the genus Cortinarius. 



Coy'tiiiatc: with a cortina. 



Cos'tafe: with a ridge or ridges. 



Crate' rifonn: saucer-shaped, basin or crater-shaped. 



Cre'nate: notched, indented or scalloped at the edge. 



Crcta'ceous: chalky or the color of chalk. 



Crib'rate: sieve-like, or with small holes. 



Cii'nite: with a tuft of long weak hairs. 



Cn's'tatc: crested. 



Crusla'ccous: of hard and brittle texture. 



Cryp'togaiii: an old name for the "lower plants" or all those not included 

 in the spcrmatophytcs or flovvcring plants. 



Cii'neatc : wedee-shaped. 



Cus'pidaic : wiih a cusp or sharp point. 



Cu'ticlc: distinct skin-like layer or epidermis. 



Cyatli'ifonn: cup-tliaped, slightly widened at top. 



Cym'biforui: boat-shaped. 



Cyst: a bladder-like cell or cavity. 



Cystid'ium (pi. cy.^lidia) : sterile cells of the hymenitim, usually bladder- 

 like, and different from the basidia. 



Decur'rent: said of gills that are prolonged down the stem. 



Deliquescent: melting down, becoming liquid at maturity. 



Den'droid: shaped like a tree. 



Den' tat e: toothed. 



Dentic'itlate: with small teeth. 



Descending: applied to the veil in a young stage when its marginal attach- 

 ment is belGV\7 its stem attachment. 



Diagno'sis: a technical d^^scription. 



Diaph'anous: transparent or permitting passage of light. 



Dichoi'omous: leja'-larly forked into two. 



Dic'tyoid: the same as muriform. 



Did' vinous: of two equal parts. 



Diffluent: dissolving into a fluid, as of the gills. 



Dif'forin: not uniform. 



Dimidiate: halved, as a semi-circular sessile pileus attached to the plane 

 edge; or a perithecium with the lower half wanting. 



Div.iorph'ic: existing in two forms. 



Disc (disk): the hymenial surface, usually cup-shaped, of the Discomy- 

 cctes. 



Discomyce'tes: the Ascomycetes with hymenium exposed. 



Dis'crctc: distinct, not united. 



Divar'icatc: diverging widely. 



Ebcn'cous: ebony black. 



Ebur'neous: ivory white. 



Eccentric: excentric, as stem not attached at center of pileu' 



Ecli'inate: with stiff bristles. 



Echin'ulate: with minute processes. 



Effused: spread over and without regular form. 



E.gg: applied to the young mushroom before the volva has ruptured in 

 Phalloids, Amanitas, etc. 



Egut'tulate: without guttae or guttulae. 



Emar'ginate: with a notch; gills may be emarginate or with a sinus or 

 notch near the stem. 



Endoperid'ium: an inner layer of the peridiurr 



En'dosporc: the inner coat or wall of a spore. 



Entontog'enous- growing from insects. 



Epider'mis: a distinct outer layer. 



Epig'enous: growing on the surface of a plant 



Epigae'us: growing on the ground. 



