Glossary 



acrid, sharp, biting 



adnata, \Yith the full width uf the gill touching the stem 



adnexed, touching the stem with less than the full width 



angular, with an irregular outline, with angles 



appressed, ilattened to the surface 



astringent, bitter, "puckering" 



basidium, the swollen tip of a thread, usually bearing four spores 



bulbous, swollen, more or less bulb-like 



cartilaginous, like cartilage, horny 



cystidium, a larger spine-like or club-shaped body among the basidia 



decurrent, sloping down the stem 



depressed, bent down 



discrete, separating readily 



excentric, out of the center of the cap 



farinaceous, resembling meal or flour 



fibrillose, with little threads 



floccose, cottony, tufted 



fusoid, shaped like a spindle 



gelatinous, jelly-like 



globoid, more or less like a globe, i. e., spherical 



globose, shaped like a globe, spherical 



guttate, containing a drop or bubble 



heterogeneous, unlike in texture 



homogeneous, like in texture 



hymenium, spore-bearing surface, gills, pores, teeth, etc. 



imbricated, arranged like tiles or shingles 



inflated, swollen 



labyrinthine, winding, like a labyrinth 



linear, line-like 



membranous, thin, papery 



mycelium, the mass of white threads, usually hidden, from which the mushroom 



grows 

 mycophagist, one who eats mushrooms 

 ocher, dull yellow, yellow tinged with brown 

 ovate, egg-shaped 

 ovoid, more or less egg-shaped 



