GLOSSARY 3G1 



MuLTiFiD (Lat,), cleft into many lobes or segments. 



MuiiALi-DiviDED, MuRiFORM (Lat. viUTUs, & Wall), term applied to multi- 

 cellular spores that are divided like tJie masonry of a wall. 

 MuscicoLE (Lat. muscus, moss, colo, to inhabit), living on mosses. 

 Mycelium (Gr. mukes, a mushroom), an aggregate of fungal hyphse. 

 MYRiosroEED (Gr. myrios, many, sjjora, a seed), with many spores. 



Nodule (Lat. iiodus, a knot), a small knot or rounded body. 

 NosTociNE [Nostoc, a genus of CyanojyhijcciB), similar to Nostoc. 

 Nuclear (Lat. a kernel), sometimes signifying closed perithecia. 

 NucLEOLATE, applied to spores that have conspicuous oil-drops, cf. guttu- 

 late. 



Ob-, Latin prefix, signifying in an inverse direction, as obconical, obovatc. 

 Oblong, longer than broad, with nearly parallel sides. 

 Obsolete (Lat. obsoletus, worn out), wanting or rudimentary. 

 Ochroleucous (Gr. odira, yellov/ earth, hukos, white), yellowish-white. 

 Oleoso-loculak (Lat. oleum, oil, locidna, a little compartment), applied 



to spores with cells like drops of oil. 

 Orbicular (Lat., circular), a flat body with a circular outline. 

 Osseous (Lat.), bone-like. 

 OsTiOLE (Lat. ostiolum, a little door), the opening in the perithecium 



through which the sj)ores escape. 

 Oval (Lat. ovum, an egg), shaped like an egg — Ovate, Oviform, Ovoid. 



Palmate (Lat. palma, the palm of the hand), lobed in a finger-like 



manner. 

 Panniform (Lat. jyanntis, a cloth), having the appearance of felt or 



woollen cloth — Pankose. 

 Papilla (Lat., a nipple), a small superficial protuberance. 

 Papulose (Lat. impula, a pimple), beset with pimples or jmstules. 

 Paraphysis (Gr. para, beside, phiisis, growth), a sterile filament in the 



hymenium growing alongside the asci. 

 Parathecium (Gr. para, from beside, tJieke, a case), the layer immediately 



surrounding the theoium, continuation of the hypothecium. 

 Parietal (Lat. paries, a wall), belonging to a wall. 



Parmeleine, resembling the genus Parmelia, a term applied to shield- 

 like apothecia — Parmelioid. 

 Patellulate (Lat. patella, a small dish), applied to sessile marginate 



apothecia, resembling a little dish. 

 Patent (Lat. patens, open), spreading, as of branches. 

 Patulous (Lat.). spreading. 

 Pauci-, Latin prefix signifying few. 



Pedicellate {Ijdii. pedicuhis, a small foot), borne on a stalk. 

 Peltate [Ijo^t. pelta, a small shield), orbicular and horizontal, in the form 



of a shield or target — Peltiform. 

 Pendulous (Lat.), hanging. 



Peri-, Greek prefix signifying about, or outer covering, as perigonidium. 

 Peridium (Gr. peridion, a little pouch), the covering of the upper part of 



a closed pyrenocarp, sometimes used for the whole fructification. 

 Peripheral {Gi\ periphercia, the circumference of a circle), surrounding. 

 Peeiphyses (Gr. peri, about, pimsis, growth), filaments rising near the 



mouth of the perithecium. 

 Perithecium (Gr. ^jm, about, thekc, a case), a roundish fructification 



entirely enclosed or with a minute opening at the apex. 

 Pertusarioid, like the genus Pertnsaria, with the apothecia occurring in 



verrucse, q.v. 

 Pervious (Lat. perviiis, passable), referring to scyphi that are open or 



perforate at the base. 

 Pinnate (Lut. pi7ina, a feather), lobes arranged on each side of a common 



axis. 



