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GLOSSARY. 



Acrogenous, attached to the tips of 

 the threads or their branchlets. 



Adnate, firmly attached to the stem. 



Adnexed, just reachmg the stem. 



Agglutinate, firmly glued to the 

 matrix. 



Amjih/genoiis, when the hymenium 

 is not confined to a particular 

 surface. 



Anastomosing, spoten of threads 

 which become confluent with each 

 other, and form an irregular net- 

 work. 



Apices, tips of threads or their divi- 

 sions. 



Appendiculate, attached in fragments 

 to the border of the pileus ; some- 

 times applied to spores or sporidia 

 which have terminal appendages. 



Approximate, approaching the stem, 

 but not quite reaching it. 



Arachnoid, delicate, like a spider's 

 web. 



Areolate, divided into little arete. 



Arisfate, bearded ; applied to spores 

 and sporidia. 



Ascus, a delicate sac containing spo- 

 ridia. 



Asfomous, witiiout any aperture. 



Attenuated, spoken of gills which arc 



gradually narrower at eitlier ex- 

 tremity. 

 Auriform, shaped like an ear. 

 Byssisedce, seated on fine, matted 



threads. 

 Byssoid, resembling fine, matted 



threads, which are often collected 



in little bundles. 

 Ccespifose, growing m. tufts. 

 Capillitium applies to the threads 



of Puff-balls. 

 Carbonized, impregnated with dark 



matter, so as to appear more or 



less charred. 

 Catdicolce, growing on herbaceous 



stems. 

 Ceratostoma;, spoken of perithecia in 



which the neck is much elongated. 

 Cirdnatee, disposed in a circle. 

 Cireumscriptce, surrounded by a tliin, 



black crust, and, consequently, 



when the stroma is broken off, a 



black ring is left on the matrix. 

 Concatenate, chained together, 

 Conchiform, shell-shaped. 

 Conglutinate, glued together, as when 



tlie spores are collected in little 



heaps which do not easily break 



up. 

 Conidia, dust-like sccoiulary spores. 



