412 Glossary 



Basidiospores. Spores formed on basidia. 

 Basidium (basidia). A straight stick-like spore bearing 

 fungous thread. 



C 



Canker. Definite dead area in the bark of stems or roots 



of plants. 

 Capitate. Possessing a head. 

 Carbonaceous. Dark to black colored. 

 Chlamydospores. Resting spores of fungi possessing thick 



walls and formed within mycelial cells. 

 Chlorophyll. Green coloring matter in leaves of higher 



plants. 



CiLiATE. Fringed with hair. 



CiLiUM (Cilia). Thread-like appendages on bacteria or 

 zoospores of myxomycetes, which aid in their movement. 



Columella. Sterile axle of a pillar-like structure within a 

 sporangium. 



CoNiDiA (conidium). Spores formed asexually on free 



borne conidiophores. 

 CoNiDiOPHORE. A spore bearing fungal stalk. 

 Cuticle. The outermost skin of plants. 

 Cyst. Incrusted body. 



D 



Deliquescent. Dissolving or melting. 

 Diffuse. Loosely spread. 

 Dilated. Enlarged. 



E 



Endospore. Spore formed within another cell. 



Entomogenous. Fungi living parasitically on insects. 



Enzyme. An organic chemical product capable of bringing 

 about changes, but without itself undergoing any 

 change or entering into the final product. 



Exospore. Outer covering of a spore. 



