GLOSSARY 365 



Variolarioid (Lat. variola, the pustule of small-pox), with powdery or 

 granular tubercles like the supposed fructification of the old genus 

 Variolaria — Variolose. 



Ventricose (Lat. venter, the belly), swollen or inflated. 



Vermicular. (Lat. vermiculus, a little worm), worm-shaped. 



Verruca (Lat., a wart), the granular wart-like part of the thallus. 



Verrucarioid, fructification similar to that of the genus Verrucaria. 



Versicolorous (Lat. verso, to turn often, color, colour), changing colour. 



Verticil (Lat. vertex, a whirl), a whorl, circular arrangement of parts- 

 round an axil — Verticillate. 



Vesiculose (Lat. vesicicla, a bladder), as if composed of small bladders. 



ViLLOSE (Lat. villus, a shaggy hair), bearing long hairs. 



Vitelline (Lat. vitellus, the yolk of an egg), egg-yellow. 



Zeorine, like the old genus Zeora, in which the apothecium had a double 

 margin. 



