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THE LARGER FI’NGI 
Epigean, on the surface of the soil. (Gr., epi, on; ge, the earth). 
Erumpent, bursting forth as out of the substratum. (L., erumpo, to burst forth). 
Excentric, eccentric (of the stem), not attached, in the centre or to the side of 
the pileus but somewhere between these points. 
Fascimdate, crowded in bundles. 
Fustigiate, close, parallel and upright like the branches of a Lombardy poplar. 
(L., fastigium, a slope). 
Floecose , provided with cottony substance on the surface. 
Floecvlose, finely floecose. 
Free (of the gills), not attached to the stem at any time. 
Furfuraoeous, covered with bran-like particles, scurfy. (L., furfur, bran, scurf). 
Fuscous, deep gray-brown. (L„ fattens). 
Fusiform, spindle-shaped. (L., fusus, a spindle). 
Gibbous (of the pileus). with an asymmetrical convexity or umbo, or with the 
convexity on one side. (L., gibbus, a bunch or swelling on the back). 
Glabrous, smooth. 
Glaucous, covered with fine white bloom, easily rubbed off; grayish-blue. 
Gleba, the chambered spore-bearing tissue within a sporophore of the Phalloideae, 
etc. (L., gleba, a clod, lump of earth). 
Gregarious, growing in company, scattered closely over a small area. 
Gutta, a globule or drop of liquid. 
Gyrose, turned round like a crook, bent, as are the convolutions of the brain. 
(L., gyrus, a circle). 
Heterogeneous, applied to a structure composed of unlike tissues. 
Hispid , bristly. (L., lmphdus). 
Homogeneous , applied to a structure composed of a uniform tissue. 
Hyaline, colourless, transparent. (Gr., hyalos, glass). 
Hygrophanoas (of the flesh or the surface of the pileus), watery in appearance, 
like the ‘‘water-core” of an apple, the moisture disappearing' rapidly acconi 
panied by change in colour, usually by fading. (Gr., hygros , moist; phaino, 
ghanp, to bring to light, disclose). 
Hynmmim, the spore-bearing layer, composed of basidia with or without eystidia 
or sterile cells. (Gr. and L., Hymen, the god of marriage). 
Hymenophore, the portion of the fungus bearing the hymenium. 
Uypogean, under the surface of the soil. (Gr., hypo, under; ge, the earth). 
Imbricate, overlapping lik« the shingles on a roof. 
Inferior (of the ring), below the middle of the stem. 
Infundib aliform, funnel-shaped. (L., infundibulum, a funnel). 
Lactiferous, latirifcrous (of liyphae of the trama), bearing a milky juice or 
latex. 
Lamellae, the gills or gill-like structures of a Basidiomycetous fungus. (L., 
lamella, a thin plate). 
Latex, a juice usually of a milky colour. 
Marginate (of the bulb at the base of a stem), with a circular ridge on the 
exterior upper angle where the universal veil was attached. 
Matrix, the substance on or in which a fungus grows. 
Myeorlnsa, the stunted rootlets of tiees covered or permeated by the mycelium 
of fungi. 
Favifidar, boat-shaped. 
Obtuse (of the pileus, eystidia, etc.), rounded or blunt. 
Parenchyma, the essential soft cellular tissua of an organ in a plant or animal. 
(Gr., parenchyma from parencheo, to pour in). 
Pellicle, a thin skin like covering. ( L., pellicula, dim. of pellis, skin). 
Penicillatc, supporting bundles of diverging liair-like structures. (L., peuiciUttut, 
a painter's brush). 
Peridvum, the enveloping coat of a sporophore upon which the spores develop 
within a cavity. (Gr., perklion, a little pouch). 
Peromle (of the stem), booted or sheathed by the volva or universal veil. 
(L., pero, a sort of high shoe). 
Plane (of the pileus), with a flat surface. 
Pruinosc, as if finely powdered. 
Pseudoparenchymatous, bearing a false resemblance to parenchyma. (G v., pseudos, 
false) , 
Receptacle, a general term for the fruiting body. (L., recepLiculum, a reservoir). 
Reflexed (of the margin of the pileus), turned up or back. 
Reniform , kidney-shaped. (L., ren, the kidney). 
