MYCOLOGICAL GLOSSARY 



Opcr'ciilaie: with an operculum or lid. 

 Opcr'culuni: lid of a spore-case. 

 Os'tiolate: with an ostiolum. 



Os'tiolc, os'tiolum: orifice for exit of spores; mouth of perithecium. 

 Pallid: pale or of an undecided color. 

 f' Papil'lose: with minute rounded projections. 

 *H#- Paraph' ysatc: with paraphyses. 



Paraph'yscs: slender cells, often clavate, etc., mixed with the asci, and are 



apparently sterile asci. 

 Par'asitc: a plant that receives its nourishment direct from living plants 



or animals to which it is attached. 

 Pari'ctal: pertaining to or on the wall. 

 Partial veil: in Agarics the veil reaching only from the margin of the 



pilcus to the stem. 

 Patcl'late: shape of a dish or pan (patella). 

 Patcl'liform: shape of the patella or pan. 

 Pcc'tinate: v.ith teeth like a comb. 

 Pcl'liclc: a very thin skin or cuticle. 

 PcUu cid: translucent. 



Pcridio'him: a secondary or interior peridium. 

 Pcrid'ittvi: the outer coat of a sporophore, as the covering in case of 



Pufifballs, Geasters, etc. 

 Pcrithc'cium (pi. pcritJiccia) : a globular or otherwise-shaped receptacle 



in which asci (and ascopores) are produced; it may be closed or 



open above ; ascoma, ascocarp, etc. 

 Pcr'onate: sheathed. 



Pczi'zoid: cup-shaped or resembling a Peziza. 



PhycGinycc'tcs: The Algal-fungi, as Grape Mildew (Peronospora), etc. 

 Plicate: having a cap or pileus. 

 Pi' lens: the cap-like or umbrella-like portion of an Ag'aric or other 



mushrooms ; the pileus with the stem supporting it is the sporophore 



or so-called fructification. 

 Pilif'erous: covered with soft hairs. 

 Placen'tiform: shape of a circular disk depressed above and below in the 



middle. 

 Plasvw'diuin: the motile protoplasmic mass representing the vegetative 



stage of the slime-moulds. 

 Pli'catc: folded like a fan. 

 Phtni'brov.s: lead-color, bluish-gray. 

 Poculiform: cup-shaped. 



Pore: in the Pyrenomycctcs same as ostiole or ostiolum. 

 Porrect : stretched horizontally. 

 Posterior: in case of the gills of the Agarics, denotes the point next to 



the stem; that is, the posterior end is that next to the stipe. 

 Pro'toplasm: the living nitrogenous mass of the cell which is the physical 



basis of life. 

 Pubes'ceut: with short hairs. 

 Pnl'vinatc: cushion-shaped. 

 Punctate: dotted. 



Pus'tular: with elevations like blisters or pustules. 

 Putrcs'cent: soon decaying. 

 Pycnidial spores: sporules, or the 'spores' (not ascospores) found in 



pycnidia. 

 Pycnidiiim (pi. pycnidia) : a pcrithccium-like ascocarp or body in which 



sporules are produced. 

 Pyrenomyce'tes: the Ascomycetes with enclosed or nearly enclosed 



hymenium. 

 Rccep'tacle: the part of the sporophore that contains the spores. 

 Remote' : said of gills that do not reach the stem. 

 Rc'pand: wavy. 

 Re' plicate: folded back- upon itself. 



