GLOSSARY 



A, privative. Signifying without. 



Acervulus (i). A small cluster, tuft of mycelium bearing spores. 



Acicular. Slender or needle-shaped. 



Acrogenous. Growing at the apex. 



Acropetal. Produced in a succession towards the apex. 



Adnate. Attached the whole length. 



.£ciospore. .£cidiospore. A spore formed in an aecium. 



.£cium (a) . .£ciduin (a) . A special form of sorus in the Uridinales. 



Aerial. Living above the surface of the ground or water. 



Aerobic. ASrobiotic. Requiring oxygen. 



.£thalioid. Like an sthalium. 



.ffithalium (a). A compound sporiferous body formed from a large 

 combination of plasmodia. 



Agglutinated. Agglutinate. Glued together. 



Aggregated. Aggregate. Collected together. 



Allantoid. Sausage-shaped, crescent-shaped with rounded ends. 



Alveola (ae). Cavities or pits on the surface. Alveolate. Pitted like 

 a honeycomb. Alveolar. Pertaining to or resembling Alveols. 



Amoeboid. Like an amoeba, exhibiting creeping movement by pseudo- 

 podia. 



Amorphous. Shapeless. 



Amphigenous. Growing all round an object, not restricted to any par- 

 ticular surface. 



Ampulliform. Swollen out. Flask-shape. 



Anastomosing. Uniting and forming a network. 



Angiocarpous. Invested by some covering. 



Annulate. . Ring-shaped or with a ring. 



Annulus. A ring-like portion of the ruptured marginal veil, after the 

 expansion of the pileus. 



Anoderm. Without a skin. 



Antheiidium (a). In fungi the male sexual organ. 



Apical. At the point of any structure. 



Apicula. A sharp and short, but not stiff point. 



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