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Lahiate, aperturo \vi(li distiiu't, lip- 

 like borders. 



Laccate, varnished, or covered with 

 a coat like sealing-wax. 



Lacunose, having little cavities, or 

 pitted. 



LinyiKB/orm, tongue-shaped. 



Lophiostomce, aperture crested. 



Marginate, having a distinct, definite 

 border. 



Matrix, anything on which a Fungus 

 grows. 



Monilifortn, necklace-like. 



Mucedinous, like a Mould. 



Mt/celioid, like a mycelium. 



Myeelium, spawn, which may be 

 either filamentous or vesicular. 



Neck, sjiokeu of perithecia which re- 

 semble an india-rubber bottle with 

 a distinct neck. 



Nucletts, the hymenium oi perithecia, 

 which is generally more or less 

 gelatinous. 



OhtectcE, covered by the cuticle. 



Obfuratm, literally bunged up, ap- 

 plied to certain Sphcerice. 



OhcallafcE, literally walled up, ap- 

 jilied to certain Spharia. 



Ostiolum, mouth of perithecium, like 

 the mouth of a bottle. 



Pallid, pale, but undecided in colour. 



Papillate, covered with little pap- 

 like elevations, or ending in a 

 papilla. 



Papi/raceoits, thin, like paper. 



Patellcefonn, saucer-shaped. 



Pendulous, hanging down like the 

 flower of a foxglove. 



Peridium, general covering, as in a 

 Tuff-baU. 



Pcridiola, used when a number of 

 smaller peridia' are contained with- 

 in the general cTivclopc. 



Peroiiafp, used when the stem has a 

 distinct, stocking-like coat. 



Perithecia, the bottle-like, fruit-bear- 

 ing bodies in Sphariacei, which 

 may be naked, sunk in a stroma, 

 or covered by a portion of the 

 matrix. 



Pertuste, pierced at the apex of the 

 jwrithecium by the separation of 

 the ostiolum. 



Pileoli, secondary pilci. 



Pileus, the hat-shaped receptacle in 

 Mushrooms, etc. 



Pruinose, frosted, or covered with 

 bloom like a plum. 



PulvinatcB, cushion-shaped. 



Rameales, growing on twigs. 



Pemote, spoken of gills which are 

 free, and leave a considerable space 

 between them and the stem. 



Seniform, kidney- shaped. 



Resupiiiate, spread over the matrix, 

 and having the hymenium up- 

 wards, and not beneath, as in the 

 Mushroom. 



Rhizomorphoid, like roots. 



Rimose, cracked. 



Rinff, part of the veil adhering to 

 the stem, and forming a ring or 

 collar. 



Rirulose, marked with lines like the 

 rivers in a map. 



Rosfellafee, having a little, elongated 

 neck, extending beyond the sur- 

 face of the matrix. 



Rostrate, having a long, free neck. 



Scrohicidate, marked with little pits. 



Scutellctform, shicld-hkc. 



Septate, having partitions. 



Sint'.ated, when the gills are suddenly 

 waved just before they reach tiie 

 stem. 



Spathitlate, shaped like a spatula. 



