414 Glossary 



M 



Macroconidia. Large conidia. 

 MiCROCONiDiA. Very small conidia. 



Middle-lamella. The connecting or cementing membrane 



between any two cells of a plant. 

 Mycelium. Vegetative threads or hyphse of a fungus. 

 Mycology. The study of fungi. 



O 



Omnivorous. Attacking a large variety of plants. 

 Oogonium. Female sexual organ of fungi containing one 



or more oospheres. 

 OosPHERE. Naked mass of protoplasm developing into 



oospores after fertilization. 

 Oospore. Fertilized oosphere. 



P 



Papillate. Possessing wing-like structure. 



Paraphyses. Sterile filaments found in some fruiting 



forms of fungi. 

 Parasite. An organism living at the expense of another 



(the host). 

 Pathogenic. Producing disease. 

 Pedicillate. Borne on a stalk. 



Perithecium. a flask-shaped or globose, sexual fruiting 



body containing asci. 

 Peritrichiate. Flagella formed all over the surface of an 



organism. 



PiONNOTES. An effuse conidial stage, containing a max- 

 imum of conidia, and a minimum of aerial mycelium. 



Plasmodium. A mass of naked protoplasm with numerous 

 nuclei, capable of amoeboid motion. 



Polar flagella. Flagella borne at the pole ends of a 

 micro-organism. 



