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Repand (of the pilous), wavy on the margin and turned back or elevated. 
Re$upinate (of the fruit-bodv), with the upper surface applied to the substratum, 
the hvmenium facing outwards. 
R esupin atc-re flexed (of the fruit body), partly resupinate, partly extending out 
like a shelf. 
l!lt iso morphs, visible strands or cords of compacted mycelium, often dark coloured, 
penetrating a soft substratum or between portions of it, as between bark 
and wood, etc. 
Rimose (of the pileus), cracked. (L., rima, a lift or cleft). 
Ri villose (of the pileus), marked with lines like a river-system on a map. 
Rugose, coarsely wrinkled. 
Rugulose, finely wrinkled. 
Saprophyte, a plant which lives on dead vegetable or annual matter. 
Scabrous (of the pilous), rough with short rigid projections. 
SeissUe, capable of being cut or divided smoothly by a sharp instrument. 
(L., semdere , to cut or split). 
Sclerotia, resting bodies composed of a hardened mass of hyphae from which 
fruit bodies may develop. 
Secede (of the gills), when at first attached to the stem, i.e., adnate or adnexed, 
but separating from it later. 
Serrate (of the gills), with a saw-tooth-like edge. 
Sessile (of the pileus), without a stem. 
Setae, bristles. (L., seta). 
Silky, covered with shining, close-fitting fibrils. 
Sinuate (of the gills), with a bay-like indentation of the edges near the stem. 
Sinuous , wavy, serpentine. 
Spathulate, spatula-shaped; oblong with an attenuated base. 
Sporophore, fruit-body. 
Sqmmose, covered with scales. 
Stipe, the stem (of mushroom-like fungi). 
Stipitate, possessing a stem. 
Striate (of the margin of the pileus), with radiating minute furrows or lines: 
(of tiie stem), with longitudinal furrows. 
Straight (of the margin of the pileus), not incurved. 
Strigose, with coarse or thick, long, rather stiff hairs. 
Stuffed (of the stem), when the axis is filled with n differentiated pith which 
usually disappears in age leaving it hollow. 
Stupose, composed of matted filaments. (L., stupa, tow). 
Subicul u m, a more or less dense felt of hyphae covering the substratum, from 
which the fruit-bodies arise. 
Substratum, the substance in or on which the fungus grows, as soil, fallen leaves, 
dung, wood, etc. 
Subulate, awl-shaped. 
Silicate (of the pileus or stem), grooved more than striate and less than plicate. 
Sulcus, a deep furrow-like groove. (L., sulcus, a furrow). 
Terete, round like a broom-handle. 
Tomentose, densely covered with a matted woolliness or tomentum. 
Trama, the fleshy or firm portion of the pileus or gills composed of hyphae. 
Tremclloid, of a gelatinous consistency. 
Tuberculate, bearing little knobs or ‘ protuberances. (L., Jubercutum dim. of 
tuber, a protuberance or knob). 
Turbinate, top-shaped. (L., turbo, a whipping top, spindle). 
V mbilicate, with a central navet-like depression. 
Umbo (of the pileus), a raised conical to convex knob or mound on the centre. 
Unequal (of the gills), of different lengths, some reaching the stem others 
shorter. ’ 
Tag mate (of the stem), provided with a long volva or sheath at the base. 
Uelutinate, soft or velvety to the touch. (L., vellus, ;l fleece of wool.) 
Ventricose (of the gills), with a projection in the middle of the free edge; 
(of the stem), swollen or enlarged in the middle. 
Verrvcose, warty. 
Villose, covered with long, soft, weak hairs. 
Viscid, sticky. 
tVaxy (of the gills), of a. consistency that can be partially or wholly moulded 
or compressed into balls. 
