GLOSSARY 693 



Renifonn. Kidney-shaped. 



Resupinate. Without a pileus. 



Reticulate. Netted, like network. 



Revolute. Rolled back from the margin or apex. 



Rhizoid. A root-like structure. 



Rhizomorph. A root-like branched strand of mycelial hyphse. 



Rhomboidal. Approaching a rhombic outline. 



Rimose. Rimous. Cracked. 



Rostrate. With a beak. 



Rostrum. Any beak-like extension. 



Rufous. Reddish. 



Rugose. Rugous. Covered with wrinkles. 



Saccate. Bag-shaped. 



Saprophyte. A plant living on dead organic substance. 

 Sarcinsfonn. Having the form of the genus Sarcina. 

 Scabrous. Rough to the touch. 

 Sclerotioid. Like a sclerotium. 



Sclerotium. A compact mass of hyphae in dormant state. 

 Scopulate. Broom-like or brush-like. 



Scorpioid. With the main axis coiled like the tail of a scorpion. 

 Scrupose. Jagged, rough. 

 Scutiform. Buckler-shaped. 

 Septate. Divided by a partition. 

 Septum (a). Any kind of partition. 

 Seriate. In a series. 

 Sessile. Destitute of a stalk. 

 Seta(ae). A bristle or bristle-shaped body. 

 Setaceous. Bristle-like. 

 Setose. Bristly, beset with bristles. 

 Setulose. Resembling a fine bristle. 



Shield-shaped. In the form of a buckler; clypeate, peltate, or scutate. 

 Sigmoid. Doubly curved in opposite directions, like the Greek sigma. 

 Simple. Of one piece or series, opposed to compound. 

 Sinuous. Sinuose. Sinuate. With a deep wavy margin. 

 Sorus (i). Heap, or aggregation; a heap of spores. 

 Spatulate. Like a druggist's spatula. 

 Sperm. A male reproductive cell. 



Spermatum (a). Male non-motile gamete, sometimes erronously used 

 for various conidia. 



