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DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN SPECIAL TERMS EMPLOYED. 
(In preparing these definitions, free use has been, made of the Glossary in 
C. H. Kauffman’s “The Agarieaceae of Michigan”). 
Adnate (of the gills), attached throughout their breadth straight on to the stem; 
(of the pellicle of the pileus, scales, etc.), not readily separable but firmly 
attached. 
Adnexed (of the gills), attached to the stem by only part of their breadth. 
Allantoid (of spores), sausage-shaped. (Gr., alias, alla/Ktos, a sausage). 
Alveolate (of the surface of the pileus, etc.), deeply pitted. (Latin, alveolus, a 
little trough, a socket). 
Amphigenous (of the hymenium), borne on both sides of the receptacle. 
(Gr., ampld, on both sides; geuos, kind, genus). 
Anastomosing (of the gills, ridges on the pilous, etc.), connecting with each other 
obliquely or crosswise leaving spaces or pits between. (Gr., ana&tomo-o, to 
furnish ' with a mouth, applied anatomically to the inosculations between 
adjacent blood-vessels). 
Apwuhis (of a spore), the short projection at one end by which it was attached 
to the sterigma. 
Appendieulate (of the margin of the pileus), hung with fragments of the veil. 
Applanate (of the pileus), horizontally flattened out. 
Arachnoid (of the veil), cobweb-like. (Gr., aradhne, a spider). 
Armaie (of the gills or margin of the pileus), curved like a bow. 
Ascending (of the gills), passing upwards in the case of a conical pileus. 
Attenuate (of the stem), gradually narrowed. 
Basidia, the special cells that bear the spores and form the essential structure of 
the hymenium in the Basidiomycetes. 
Bibulous (of the surface of the pileus), capable of absorbing moisture. 
Bloom (of the pileus, stem or gills), an appearance suggestive of the minute 
granules on the surface of certain plums giving them a greyish tint. 
Buttons (of the stem), swollen at the base. 
Byssoid (of mycelium), fine filaments spreading out over the surface. (Gr., bussos, 
fine flax). 
Gaespitose, aggregated in dense clusters but not grown together. 
Campamdaie (of the pileus), bell-shaped. (L., campana, a bell). 
Capillary (of the stem), liair-like. 
Cameo us, fl eshy. 
Cartilaginous (of the stem, or cuticle), tough, brittle, breaking with a snap. 
Cinereous, ashy-gray. 
Clavate, club-shaped. 
Close (of the gills), lialf-way between “crowded” and “sub-distant.” 
Concolorous with, of one> colour with. 
Confluent (of the flesh of the stem), continuous with and similar to the flesh of 
the pileus. 
Conidia , secondary spores developed on the mycelium or hyphae distinct from the 
usual ones developing on the special cell, the basidium. 
Connivent, showing a gradual inward direction, convergent. (L., conmtveo, to 
wink). 
Context, the trarna or fleshy or firm supporting part of the pileus or gills. 
Continuous (of the flesh of the stem), the same as confluent. 
Coriaceous, of a leathery consistence. 
Cortex (of the stem), the outer denser rind. 
Cortina, the inner or partial veil in some genera of Agarics, the structure of 
which is cobwebby. 
Cruchately , like a cross. 
Cystidia, large sterile specially shaped cells mixed with the basidia and usually 
projecting beyond them. 
Decurrent (of the gills), running down the stem. 
Dendroid, branching like a tree. (Gr., dendron , a tree). 
Dimidiate (of the fruit -body), semi-circulai in outline. 
Disc (of the pileus), the central portion of the surface. 
Dissepiments (of the pores), the partitions between the pores. (L., dis, asunder, - 
sepio, to part). 
Emarginate (of the gills), notched near the stem. 
