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Contorted, twisted together, twisted out of its ordinary form. 
Convex, rounded on the outer surface. 
Coriaceous, of a leathery consistence. 
Corky, of a corky consistence. 
Corrugated, wrinkled, 
Cortex, rind or bark. 
Costate, ribbed. 7 
Crenate, notched, any edge cut into rounded divisions. 
Crenulate, notched, indented on the edge. 
Cribrose, resembling a sieve or riddle, pierced with numerous holes, 
pitted. 
Crisped, curled, uneven with waving lines. 
Crowded, pressed together. 
Cruciate, having the form of a cross. 
Cruciform, same as Cruciate. 
Cup, the receptacle of fructification in the Discomycetes ; by some called 
the Apothecium. 
Cupulate, cup-shaped, formed like a little cup, slightly concave. 
Cupuliform. See Cupulate. 
Cya hiform, cup-shaped, but more deeply concave than Cupulate 
implies. : 
Culiailencseclanats intermediate in shape between cylindrical and 
clavate. 
Cylindrical, long, circular, and of equal diameter throughout. 
Cymbiform, boat-shaped. 
Cyst, a cell or cavity. 
Deciduous, falling off. 
Decurrent, running down. 
Deflexed, bending downwards, bending outwards and downwards; the 
opposite of Infleaed. 
Deformed, disfigured, distorted. 
Dehiscing (dehisco, to gape), bursting open, splitting. 
Dentate, toothed. 
Denticulate, furnished with small teeth. 
Depressed, pressed down or flattened; sometimes it means somewhat 
sunk into a concave form. 
Diaphanous, transparent, pellucid. 
Difformed, irregular in form, not uniform. 
Dilated, expanded and flattened out. 
Diluted, washy, pale, faint-coloured. ; 
Dimidiate. semi-orbicular. 
Disc, or Disk, the upper surface of a cup-shaped or plate-shaped 
receptacle bearing the fructification; generally synonymous with 
Hymenium. 
Disciform, shaped like a discus, or quoit. See Discoid. 
Discoid, round and flat like a coin. 
Disco7oured, ap] e wing to have lost its colour, stained. 
