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Ces'pitose, growing in tufts or clumps. 

 Cla'vate, club shaped. 

 Cc/mate, hairy. 



Coriaceous, of a leathery texture. 

 Corneous, of a horny texture. 

 Corrugated, having a wrinkled appear- 

 ance. 

 Cortex, an outer rindlike layer. 

 Cremate, notched at the edge, notches 



blunt, not sharp as in a serrated edge. 

 Cu'ticle, skinlike layer on the outer sur- 

 face of cap and stem. 

 Cyath/iform,.cup shaped. 

 Decid / uous, falling off at maturity. 

 Decur'rent, applied to gills which are 



prolonged down the stem. 

 Deliquescent, relating to mushrooms 



which become liquid. 

 D en/tat e, toothed. 

 Dimorphic, existing in two distinct 



forms. 

 Dis'coid, disk shaped, of a circular, flat 



form. 

 Dis / tant, applied to gills which are not 



close. 

 Divaricate, diverging widely. 

 Eccentric, same as excentric. 

 Echin/ulate, beset with short bristles. 

 Emar'ginate, when gills are notched or 



scooped out at junction with stem. 

 Exceii/ trie, not central. 

 Exoperid'ium, outer layer of the peri- 



dium. 

 Expanded, spread out, as the pileus 



(cap) from convex to plane. 

 Farina'ceous, mealy. 

 Far'inose, covered with a white, mealy 



powder. 

 Fi'brillose, appearing to be covered or 



composed of minute fibers. 

 Fibrous, clothed with small fibers. 

 Fim/briate, fringed. 

 Fis'sured, cleft or split. 

 FlabeFliform, fan shaped. 

 Floc'cose, downy, woolly. 

 Fo'veolate, marked with minute pits or 



depressions. 

 Free, said of gills not attached to the 



stem. 

 Fur'cate, forked. 

 Gibbous, swollen at one side. 

 Gla'brous, smooth. 

 Gleba, spore-bearing tissue in Gastromy- 



cetes. 



Gran'ular, covered with or composed of 

 granules. 



Gregarious, growing together in num- 

 bers in the same locality. 



Gut / tula, a small drop or droplike par- 

 ticle. 



Hab'itat, natural place of growth of a 

 plant. 



Hirsute 7 , hairy with stiff hairs. 



Hoai^y, covered with short, dense, 

 grayish- white hairs. 



Hygromet / ric, readily absorbing and 

 retaining moisture. 



Hygroph/anous, watery when moist, 

 opaque when dry. 



Hyme'nium, the fruit-bearing surface. 



Im/bricate, overlapping like shingles. 



Immar'ginate, without a well-defined 

 margin. 



Incised 7 , having marginal slits or notches. 



Indu / sium, in phalloids, a veil hanging 

 beneath the pileus (cap) . 



Inflexed 7 , bent inward. 



InfundiVuliform, funnel shaped. 



In'nate, adhering by growth. 



In/volute, rolled inward. 



Lactate, as if varnished or coated with 

 wax. 



Lacin/iate, cut into jagged edges. 



Lan'ceolate, tapering to both ends. 



La'tex, thick, milky juice. 



Lactiferous, applied to tubes contain- 

 ing latex. 



Line, one-twelfth of an inch. 



Mac'ulate, spotted. 



Mar'ginate, having a well-defined 

 border. 



Ma / trix, the substance upon or in which 

 a fungus grows. 



MiCron, one one-thousandth of a milli- 

 meter, represented by the Greek letter 

 mu (ji) following the number. 



Millimeter (mm.) the thousandth part 

 of a meter, nearly one twenty-fifth of 

 an inch; 25.4 mm. = 1 inch. 



Mu'ricate, rough, with short, hard points. 



Obo'vate, broad end upward or toward 

 the apex. 



Paraph/yses, slender threadlike struc- 

 tures growing with the asci. 



Partial, said of a veil clothing the stem 

 and reaching to the edge of the cap but 

 not extending beyond it. 



Pec'tinate, toothed like a comb. 



