FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Cap, pileus; the expanded, umbrella-like top portion of a com- 

 mon gilled mushroom. 



Cartilaginous, firm and tough; gristly. 



Cell, (a) a small cavity; (b) a mass of protoplasm, generally 

 microscopic in size; the fundamental form element of 

 every organized body. 



Centimeter, a measure of length; the one-hundredth part of a 

 meter, equal to 0.3937 of an inch. 



Cinnabarine, cinnabar-colored; bright red; vermilion. 



Clay-color, a dull, light brownish-yellow, intermediate be- 

 tween yellow ochre and Isabelle-color; argillaceous. 



Close, packed closely, side by side; said of gills when they are 

 close together; crowded. 



Comate, hairy. 



Context, texture; substance. 



Convex, elevated and regularly rounded; forming the segment 

 of a sphere or nearly so. 



Coriaceous, of leathery texture. 



Corrugated, puckered; wrinkled. 



Cortina, a web-like veil; the partial veil under the gills of mush- 

 rooms of the genus Cortinarius. 



Cryptogam, a plant having an obscure method of fertilization; 

 in botany, in the Linnean system of classification, the 

 great series and final class, including all plants having no 

 stamens and pistils, and therefore no proper flowers. 



Cyathiform, cup-shaped. 



Decurrent, said of gills which extend down the stem of a 

 mushroom. 



Deliquescent, said of mushrooms that liquefy or melt when old. 



Dichotomous, dividing in two; said of gills that are regularly 

 forked. 



Dimidiate, said of gills that extend half way from the edge 

 of the cap to the stem, also of caps that are more or 

 less semicircular in outline. 

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