10 MYCOLOGICAL GLOSSARY 



Rcsu'pinatc: attached by the back, hence the hymenium facing outwards; 



in this case there is no stem to the fungus which is spread over the 



matrix ; applied to the Polypori, etc. 

 Rev'olutc: rolled backward. 

 Rhi'somorphs: the dark root-like mesh of mycelial cords often seen in 



rotten wood which represents the vegetative (perhaps resting) 



stage of Agarics, etc. 

 Rhodospo'rac: the pink or rosy spored Agarics. 

 Ri'mose or rimous: full of cracks. 

 Ring: the part of the partial-veil that adheres to the stem of an Agaric; 



annulus. 

 Ros' irate: beaked. 



Rubes' cent: somewhat reddish in color. 

 Rufes'cent: of a dull red color, or becoming rufous. 

 Rugose: wrinkled. 

 Sangnin'eous: blood-colored. 

 Sap'rophyte: a fungus that draws its nourishment from dead vegetable 



or animal matter. 

 Scah'rous: with a rough surface. 



Scis'sile: easily split; said of gills readily separable into two plates. 

 Sclera' tium: a hard black mass, sometimes resembling a tuber, which is 



the dormant or resting vegetative stage of some fungi, and from 



which later sporophores may arise. 

 Scorhic'tilatc: with small pits or furrows. 

 Scii'tcllate: like a plate or platter. 

 Se'pia: deep dark reddish brovv^n. 

 Scp'tatc: having partitions. 

 Sep' turn: a partition. 

 Seri'ceous: silky. 



Serrate: margin with saw-like teeth. 

 Ser'rulate: minutely serrate. 



Ses'silc: attached directly to the base; without stem. 

 Se'ta : a bristle or stiff hair. 

 Sefa'ccous, seti'gerous, or sr'tosc: bri.stly. 

 Set'ulose: finely setaceous. 

 Sig'moid: S-shaped. 



Sinuate, sinuose; sinuous: waved or serpentine. 

 Si'nus: the curve between two lobes. 



Smooth: destitute of hairs (not necessarily an even surface). 

 Sordid: of a dirty dingy hue. 

 Spadic'eous: date-brown, i. e., a dull dark brown. 

 SpatJi'ulate: shaped like a spathula or spoon. 

 Spat'iilate: shaped like a spatula or spoon. 

 Species: a group of individuals that are alike or of one kind. 

 Spic'ule: a minute point or slender granule. 

 Spin'nle: a small spine or slender prickle. 

 Spore: the minute simple reproductive body of the Mushrooms and other 



plants similar in function to the seed or complex structure of the 



common plants. The terms spore, sporule, sporidium, conidium, etc., 



are often used indiscriminately. 

 Spo'rocarp: the fruiting portion (not the vegetative part) of the Ascomy- 



cetes. 

 Sporid'ium: see spore. 



Spo'rophore: the hypha or other part that bears spores. 

 Sporule: see spore. 

 Squa'ma: a scale. 



Sqna'mose, squamous: scale-like or with scales. 

 Squa'mula: a little scale. 



SquamuJose, sqnamulous: with small scales or squamae. 

 Squar'rose: rough with scales or projecting points. 



Sterig'ma (pi. stcrig'matn) : a little stalk on a basidium bearing the spore. 

 Stipe: the stem of a mushroom. 

 Sti'pitafe: with a stipe, or stem. 

 Sto'ma (pi. stomafa) : an opening or mouth. 



