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FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 1 



Hymenium, the spore-bearing surface covering each side of 

 the gills of a mushroom. 



Hymenomycetes, mushrooms that have an exposed spore 

 bearing surface and in which the spores are borne on 

 basidia. 



Hymenophore, the under surface of the cap, to which the 

 gills are attached, 



Hypha (ph hyphae), a cylindrical thread of the myceHum. 

 Branched threads from the spawn from which mush- 

 rooms grow. 



Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped. 



Isabelline, a light buff-brown color. 



Involute, rolled inwards. 



Laccate, appearing as if lacquered or varnished. 



Lamella, a gill. 



Leucosporae, a group of mushrooms having white spores. 



Lignatile, growing on wood. 



Lobed, having rounded divisions. 



Micron, a unit of measure; the one- thousandth part of a 

 millimeter; .000039 inch. To convert microns to inches, 

 multiply them by (approximately) .00004. 



Mold, Mould, (i) fine, soft earth rich in organic matter; (2) a 

 kind of minute fungus. 



Mushroom, a cryptogamic plant of the class fungi; applied 

 in a general sense to almost any of the larger, conspicuous 

 fungi, such as toadstools, puff balls, hydnei, etc., but more 

 particularly to the agaricoid fungi and especially to the 

 edible forms. 



Mycelium, the spawn of fungi; rootlike threads resulting 

 from the germination of spores, from the masses of which 

 the mushroom arises. 



Mycology, the science of fungi. 



Mycophagist, one who eats fungi. 



Ochraceous, color of ochre, a natural earth used as pigment, 

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