GLOSSARY 



Adnate, closely attached, as gills to stipe. 



Adnexed, gills reaching the stem but not 

 adnate to it. 



Anastomosing, united by running together 

 irregularly, as of gills or veins with 

 each other. 



Annulus, the ring on the stem of a mush- 

 room formed by the separation of the 

 veil from the margin of the cap. 



Apex, in .mushrooms, the extremity of the 

 stem nearest the gills. 



Appendiculate, having an appendage hang- 

 ing in small fragments. 



Areola te, divided into little areas or 

 patches. 



Ascending, rising somewhat obliquely up- 

 ward or curving. 



Asci, plural of ascus. 



Ascomycetes, group of fungi in which the 

 spores are produced in saclike cells 

 called asci. 



Ascus, microscopic saclike cell in which 

 spores, generally eight in number, are 

 developed. 



Attenuate, becoming gradually narrowed or 

 smaller. 



Azonate, without zones or circular bands 

 of different color. 



Basidium, an enlarged cell upon which 

 spores are borne. 



Bulbous, applied to stem of a mushroom 

 with bulblike swelling at the base. 



Campanulate, bell-shaped. 



Cartilaginous, gristly, firm, and tough. 



Cespitose, growing in tufts or clumps. 



Coriaceous, of a leathery texture. 



Corrugated, having a wrinkled appear- 

 ance. 



Cortex, an outer rindlike layer. 



Crenate, notched at the edge, notches 

 blunt, not sharp as in a serrated edge. 



Cuticle, skinlike layer on the outer sur- 

 face of cap and stem. 



Deciduous, falling off at maturity. 



Decurrent, applied to gills that are pro- 

 longed down the stem. 



Dentate, toothed. 



Dimidiate, halved. 



Distant, applied to gills that are not close. 



Emarginate, when gills are notched or 

 scooped out at junction with stem. 



Excentric, not central. 



Exoperidium, outer layer of the peridium. 



Expanded, spread out, as the pileus (cap) 

 from convex to plane. 



Fibrillose, appearing to be covered with 

 or composed of minute fibers. 



Fibrous, clothed with small fibers. 



Floccose, downy, woolly. 



Free, said of gills not attached to the stem. 



Genus, a group of closely related species. 



Gibbous, swollen at one side. 



Glabrous, smooth. 



Gleba, spore-bearing tissue in Gastromy- 

 cetes. 



Granular, covered with or composed of 



granules. 

 Gregarious, growing together in numbers 



in the same locality. 

 Habitat, natural place of growth of a 



plant. 

 Hygrophanous, watery when moist, opaque 



when dry. 

 Hymenium, the fruit-bearing surface! 

 Hymenophore, the sporophore or fruiting 



body. 

 Imbricate, overlapping like shingles. l 

 Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped. 

 Innate, adhering by growth. 

 Involute, rolled inward. 

 Lanceolate, tapering to both ends. 

 Line, one-twelfth of an inch. 

 Marginate, having a well-defined border. 

 Obovate, broad end upward or toward the 



apex. 

 Partial, said of a veil clothing the stem 



and reaching to the edge of the cap but 



not extending beyond it. 

 Pellicle, a thin skin. 

 Pileate, having a cap or pileus. 

 Pileus, cap of a fungus. 

 Plane (of pileus), with a flat surface. 

 Plicate, folded like a fan. 

 Pruinose. covered with a bloom or powder. 

 Reflexed, turned back. 

 Resupinate, attached to the matrix by the 



back, the hymenium facing outward. 

 Reticulate, marked with cross lines like 



the meshes of a net. 

 Revolute, rolled backward or upward. 

 Ring, annulus, a part of the veil adhering 



in the form of a ring to the stem of an 



agaric. 

 Rugose, wrinkled. 

 Serrate, saw-toothed. 

 Sinuate, wavy, as the margin of gills. 

 Species, the smallest group of plants or 



animals to which distinctive and in- 

 variable characters can be assigned. 

 Stipe, stem of a mushroom. 

 Striate, marked with parallel or radiating 



lines. 

 Stuffed, said of a stem filled with mate- 

 rial of a different texture from its walls. 

 Sulcate, grooved, marked with furrows. 

 Tomentose, densely pubescent with matted 



wool. 

 Tubercle, wartlike excrescence. 

 Umbilicate, with a central depression. 

 Umbo, central elevation. 

 Undulate, wavy. 

 Universal, said of the veil or volva which 



entirely envelopes the fungus when 



young.' 

 Ventricose, swollen in the middle. 

 Villose, covered with long, weak hairs. 

 Viscid, moist and sticky. 

 Viscous, gluey. 

 Zonate, marked with concentric bands of 



color. 



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