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Hypha, one of the elongated cells or filaments of which a fungus 

 is composed. 



Infundihuliform, funnel-shaped. 



Innate, originating with, or blending with the substance of a. 



part. 

 Inserted, growing from the substratum without a basal disk and' 



not woolly or tomentose at the base; mycelium within the 



substratum and invisible. 

 Insititious, inserted. 

 Involute, rolled inward. 



Lamella, one of the leaf-like plates on the under side of the 



pileus of an Agaric ; a gill. 

 Lateral, attached to one side of the pileus (of stipe). 

 Latex, the milky or colored juice of certain plants. 

 Linear, very narrow and straight (of lamellae). 



Marginate, having a well-defined margin. 



Micaceous, covered with glistening scales. 



Micron, one one-thousandth of a millimeter. 



Mushroom, any fleshy fungus of reasonable size. 



Mycelium, the whole mass of hyphae or fungal threads forming'^ 

 the vegetative portion of a fungus ; among the Agarics this 

 gives rise to the sporophore or fruiting structure known as- 

 a mushroom or toadstool. 



Ochraceous, brownish-yellow. 

 Ovate, Ovoid, egg-shaped. 



Pallid, pale, of an undecided color. 



Partial veil, see Veil. 



Pileus, the cap-like portion of an Agaric, with or without a 



stipe and bearing the lamellae on the lower side. 

 Plicate, folded like a fan. 

 Pruinate, covered with a bloom or powder. 

 Pubescent, covered with soft, short hairs. 



