MYCOLOGICAL GLOSSARY 11 



Straight: a term applied to the edge of a pileus when not involute. 



Strami'neous: of straw or straw-color. 



Stra'tose: in distinct strata or layers. 



Stri'ate: marked with parallel lines, or striae. 



Strobil'oform: like a pine cone. 



Stro'ma (pi. stro'mata) : a compact mycelium on or in which perithecia 

 or other organs of fructification are produced. 



Stuffed: said of a mushroom stem if filled within by material of a texture 

 different from that of the wall. 



Snb-gleba: the basal portion of the gleba. 



Subic'uhun: a layer of hyphae covering the matrix and over which is the 

 hymenium. 



Substratum: the matrix, or that on which the mushroom grows. 



S III' cat c: with furrows or grooves. 



Superior: said of the ring or annulus when near upper end of stem. 



Symbio'sis: living together of two organisms in mutual dependence. 



Tcleu'tospore: the thick-walled winter spore, or end-spore in a series of 

 the life-cycle of polymorphic forms, for example, the winter spores 

 of the Rusts. 



Tes'selated: checkered in a regular manner. 



Tcsta'ceous: brick-red. 



Thal'lophyte: one of the lower plants whose body is a Thallus (not differ- 

 entiated into stem, leaf, etc.). 



Toad'stool: any one of the common conspicuous fungi; same as Mush- 

 room; may be poisonous or non-poisonous, edible or inedible. 



To'rose: swollen at intervals. 



Tra'via: the interior portion of the gills or pileus. 



Trciiiel'loid: gelatinous or stiff jelly-like, as a Tremella. 



Tii'mid: slightly swollen. 



Vmbil'icate: with a rounded pit or central depression. 



Um'bo: central elevation as on the cap of some Mushrooms. 



Uni'bonatc: with an umbo. 



Jliicqual: applied to gills of unequal length. 



Universal veil: a volva which entirely envelopes the plant when young. 



Urc'do: the second stage in the life cycle of rusts; red Rust. 



Ure'dospore: a thin-walled summer spore produced by the Urcdo, or stage 

 of the group of Rusts preceding the teleutospore-bearing. 



Vaginate: having a sheath. 



Veil: a covering of a part or all of the fungus; see Partial Veil, Uni- 

 versal veil. 



Vcn'tricose: swollen in the middle. 



Vcr'nicose: appearing as if varnished. 



J^er'rucosc: coveerd with warts or small elevations. 



I'crru'ciform: same as verrucose. 



J'es'icle: a bladder-like cavaity, or a cell. 



Vesicular, vcsiculose: full of rounded cavities or vescicles. 



Vol'va: a wrapper or envelope which at first covers the entire young plant; 

 a universal veil ; it may remain as a cup at the base of the Mush- 

 room, or be broken up in fragments distributed over the cap and 

 base of stem. 



Zonate: marked with zones or concentric bands of color. 



