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BULLETIN 175, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Pellicle, a thin skin. 



Perid/ium, the coat of certain plants, as 



for example, puffballs; may be single 



or double. 

 Pi'leate, having a cap or pileus. 

 Pi'leus, cap of a fungus. 

 Pilose, covered with hairs; furry. 

 Pli'cate, folded like a fan. 

 Pi'lei, plural of pileus. 

 Plane, applied to gills with even edge. 

 Plu'mose, feathery. 

 Po'roid, porelike. 

 Pra/inose, covered with a bloom or 



powder. 

 Pubes'cent, covered with soft, short 



hairs, downy. 

 PuTVinate, cushion shaped. 

 Punc'tate, dotted with points. 

 Reflexed', turned back. 

 Resu'pinate, attached to the matrix by 



the back, the hymenium facing out- 

 ward. 

 Reticulate, marked with cross lines like 



the meshes of a net. 

 Rev'olute, rolled backward or upward. 

 Rhi'zomorphs, long, branching or anas- 

 tomosing, rootlike cords of mycelium 



produced by many fungi. 

 Rim'ulose, covered with little cracks. 

 Ring, annulus, a part of the veil adhering 



in the form of a ring to the stem of an 



agaric . 

 Ri'vose, marked with furrows which do 



not run in parallel directions. 

 Ru'gose, wrinkled. 

 Sap'id, agreeable to the taste. 

 Scabrous, rough on the surface. 

 Sca'riose, thin, dry, membranaceous; 



applied to a shriveled membrane. 

 Sclero'tium, a hard, compact mass of 



mycelium, the resting stage of certain 



fungi. 

 Scrobic'ulate, marked with small pits. 



Se'riate, arranged in rows. 



Seri'ceous, silky. 



Ser'rate, saw toothed. 



Se / tose, bristly. 



Sin / uate, wavy, as the margin of gills. 



Si'nus, a rounded inward curve. 



Spor'oph.ore, the fruiting body of a 

 fungus. 



Squa / mous, covered with appressed 

 scales. 



Stipe, stem of a mushroom. 



Striate, marked with parallel or radiat- 

 ing bines. 



Stri'gose, rough with stiff hairs. 



Stuffed, said of a stem filled with mate- 

 rial of a different texture from its walls. 



Sul'cate, grooved, marked with furrows. 



Tessellated, checkered in a regular 

 manner. 



Tomen'tose, densely pubescent with 

 matted wool. 



Trun/cate, cut squarely off. 



Tubercle, wartlike excrescence. 



Turbinate, top shaped; an inverted 

 cone. 



Umbil'icate, with a central depression. 



Um / bo, central elevation. 



Uncinate, hooked; forming a hook. 



Un/dulate, wavy. 



Universal, said of the veil or volva 

 which entirely envelopes the fungus 

 when young. 



Vag / inate, sheathed. 



Ve'nate, veined, intersected by swollen 

 wrinkles below and on the sides. 



Ven'tricose, swollen in the middle. 



Ver'nicose, appearing as if varnished. 



Viriose, covered with long, weak hairs. 



Vis'cid, moist and sticky. 



Vis'cous, gluey. 



Zo'nate, marked with concentric bands 

 of color. 



RECIPES FOR COOKING MUSHROOMS. 



According to the views of many persons, mushrooms are best 

 cooked simply, with butter, pepper, and salt only for seasoning. 

 The addition of various condiments impairs the delicate mushroom 

 flavor. However, tastes vary, and the opportunity of choice or 

 experiment is herewith rendered available by selections which may 

 be made from the recipes which follow. All have been either tried 



