156 MUSHROOMS. 



Casta^neus. Chestnut color. 



Cell. A mass of protoplasm, with or without an enclosing 

 wall. 



Chlorophyll. The green coloring-matter contained in plants. 



Cla'vate. Club-shaped. 



Close. Crowded together — ^term used in describing gills. 



Cohe'rent. Sticking together. 



Con'cave. Having a rounded inwardly curved surface. 



Concen'tric. With a common centre, as a series of rings, one 

 within the other. 



Con'nate. Growing together from the first. 



Constric'ted. Contracted. 



Contin''uous. Without interruption. 



Convex. Elevated and regularly rounded. 



Con' volute. Covered with irregularities on the surface, like 

 the human brain. 



Coria'ceous. Leathery in texture. 



Cor'rugated. Wrinkled. 



Corti^na. A veil of cobwebby texture. It gives the name to 

 the genus Cortinarius. 



Cre'nate. In wavy scallops. 



Cu'ticle. Pellicle, a skin-like layer on the outside surface 

 of the cap and stem. 



Cy'athiform. Cup-shaped. 



Decid'uous.. Falling off when mature at the end of the 

 season. 



Decur'rent. Gills that run down the stem are called decur- 

 rent. 



Dehis'cence. The opening of a peridium, when ripe, to dis- 

 charge the spores. 



Deliques'cent. Turning to liquid when mature. 



Dichot'omous. Two-forked, regularly dividing by pairs from 

 below upward. 



Dimid'iate. Divided into two equal parts, applied to gills 

 that only reach half-way to the stem, and to the cap when it 

 is semi-circular or nearly so. 



