682 GLOSSARY 



Apogamous. Showing apogamy. 



Apothecium (a). An ascocarp in which the h}rmenium lies exposed 

 while the asci are maturing. 



Appendages. Processes of any kind. 



Appendiculate. Furnished with appendages. 



Appiculate. Furnished with an appicula. 



Appressed. Lying flat for the whole length. 



Appresoria. Organs of attachment of germinating parasites. 



Approximate. Close together, but not united. 



Arachnoid. Like a cobweb. 



Arcuate. Curved. 



Areola (s). A space marked out on a surface. 



Allstate. Awned. 



Armilla. A bracelet-like frill. 



Annilla-form. Armilla-like. 



Ascigerous. Bearing asci. 



Ascocarp. A sporocarp producing asci. 



Ascogenous. Producing asci. 



Ascogonium. In ascomycetous fungi, the cell or group of cells fer- 

 tilized by a sexual act. 



Ascoma. Receptacle and hsrmenium of the larger fungi. 



Ascoplasm. Protoplasm of the ascus. 



Ascus (i). A large cell in the ascocarp in which spores are developed, 

 usually eight. 



Aseptate. Without cross-divisions. 



Asexual. . Destitute of male and female organs. 



Asperate. Rough with hairs or points 



Attenuate. Tapered. 



Auriform. Ear-shaped. 



Autoecious. A parasite which runs its whole coiu'se on a single host. 



Avellaneous. Drab, hazel, hazel-nut-brown. 



B 



Bacillar. Bacilliform. Rod- or club-shaped. 



Basal. At the base of. . 



Basidiospore. A spore acrogenously abjointed upon a basidium. 



Basidium. The mother-cell from which spores are acrogenously 



abjointed. 

 Basipetal. Growth in the direction of the base. 

 Bay. Reddish brown or chestnut color. 

 Biogenous. Growing on living organisms. 



