414 Glossary 



M 



Macroconidia. Large conidia. 



MiCROCONiDiA. Very small conidia. 



Middle-lamella. The connecting or cementing membrane 



between any two cells of a plant. 

 Mycelium. Vegetative threads or hyphse of a fungus. 

 Mycology. The study of fungi. 



O 



Omnivorous. Attacking a large variety of plants. 

 Oogonium. Female sexual organ of fungi containing one 



or more oospheres. 

 OosPHERE. Naked mass of protoplasm developing into 



oospores after fertilization. 

 Oospore. Fertilized oosphere. 



Papillate. Possessing wing-like structure. 



Paraphyses. Sterile filaments found in some fruiting 



forms of fungi. 

 Parasite. An organism living at the expense of another 



(the host). 

 Pathogenic. Producing disease. 

 Pedicillate. Borne on a stalk. 

 Perithecium. a flask-shaped or globose, sexual frmdng 



body containing asci. 

 Peritrichiate. Flagella formed all over the surface of an 



organism. 

 Fionnotes. An effuse conidial stage, containing a max- 

 imum of conidia, and a minimum of aerial mycelium. 

 Plasmodium. A mass of naked protoplasm with numerous 



nuclei, capable of amoeboid motion. 

 Polar flagella. Flagella borne at the pole ends of a 



micro-organism. 



