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ALUTA'CEOUS, light leather colored; 
color of soiled linen; isabelline. 
ALYE'OLATE, deeply pitted, so as to 
resemble honey-comb. 
AMBIG'UOUS, indistinct or doubtful; 
cannot well be referred to any definite 
condition or place in a system of class¬ 
ification. 
AMOR'PHOUS, without definite form, 
structure, or position. 
AM'PHIGEN, a thallogen; a name ap¬ 
plied to a cryptogam which increases 
by development of cellular tissue in all 
directions and not at the summit of a 
distinct axis; see Acrogen. 
AMPHIG'ENOUS, (a) growing all 
around an object; applied to a hyme- 
nium which grows on all the surfaces of 
a fungus, as in Clavaria, or to fungi 
which are not restricted to any par¬ 
ticular part of the surface of the host; 
(b) of or pertaining to amphigens. 
AMYG'DALINE, resembling the al¬ 
mond. 
AMYLA’CEOUS, composed of, contain¬ 
ing, or resembling starch. 
AM'YLUM, starch. 
ANALOGOUS, resembling, agreeing or 
corresponding in relations, functions, 
or structure with another object; hav¬ 
ing analogy. 
ANAL'OGY, resemblance without affin¬ 
ity; resemblance in certain respects, as 
in general appearance or functions. 
ANAE'YSJS, the systematic examination 
of a plant preliminary to determination 
of its position in classification. 
ANAS'TOMOSING. intercommunicating 
or interlacing of veins, lines or any 
branched system; said of lamellae that 
are united by transverse veins or par¬ 
titions. 
ANGIOCAR'POUS, having the hymen- 
ium developed in a closed receptacle. 
AN'GIOSPERM, a plant whose seeds 
are contained in a protecting seed-ves¬ 
sel; (most deciduous trees and herbace¬ 
ous plants). 
ANGIOS'POROUS, having spores or 
asci produced in a closed receptacle. 
ANGUS' TATE, narrow. 
AN'NUAL, completing growth in one 
year or season. 
AN'NULAR, ring-shaped. 
AN'NULATE, bearing a ring. 
AN'NULUS, the ring on the stipe of a 
mushroom formed by the separation of 
the veil from the margin of the cap. 
ANOM'ALOUS, deviating from a gen¬ 
eral rule, method, or analogy. 
ANOM'ALY, any deviation from the 
usual character. 
ANTE'RIOR, in front; denotes a posi¬ 
tion on the under side of the pileus ad¬ 
jacent to the margin; thus the end of 
a lamella next the margin is called the 
anterior end. 
ANTICLI'NAL, said of cell walls or any 
lines when perpendicular to the outer 
surface. 
ANTI'COUS, facing anteriorly. 
APARAPH'YSATE, without paraphy- 
ses. 
A'PEX, (pi. AP'ICES), the summit; the 
end furthest from the base or point of 
attachment. 
AP'ICAE, relating to the apex or top. 
AP'ICES, plural of apex. 
APIC'ULATE, tipped with a short and 
abrupt point. 
APIC'ULUS, (pi. APIC'ULI), a short 
sharp point. 
APOTHE'CIUM, (pi. APOTHE'CIA), in 
Ascomycetes, an open cup-shaped fruc¬ 
tification with the hymenium on its up¬ 
per concave surface; cup. 
APPENDIC'ULATE, provided with or 
having the character of an appendage 
or appendages; hanging in small frag¬ 
ments, as the ruptured veil sometimes 
from the margin of the pileus. 
AP’PLANATE. flattened out or horizon¬ 
tally expanded. 
APPRESSED' applied closely to the sur¬ 
face or to each other; adpressed. 
APPROXIMATE, near in position; said 
of lamellae, where they approach the 
stipe but do’ not reach it. 
AQUAT'IC, growing in water. 
A'QUEOUS, watery; nearly colorless; 
hyaline. 
ARACH'NOID, like cobweb. 
ARBO'REAL, growing on trees. 
AR'CUATE, curved like a bow. 
ARENA'CEOUS, ARENA'RIOUS, AR'- 
ENOSE, sandy; growing in sandy 
places. 
ARE'OLATE, applied to a surface di¬ 
vided into little areas or patches. 
ARGILLA'CEOUS, resembling or con¬ 
taining a considerable amount of clay; 
clay-colored; drab. 
AR'ID, dry. 
ARIS'TATE, having a pointed beard¬ 
like process as in barley. 
ARMIL'LA, a plaited frill hanging from 
the apex of the stipe. 
ARTIC'ULATE, jointed. 
ARTICULA'TION, joint. 
ASCEND'ING, applied to a lamella 
where its edge forms a line ascending 
in the direction from the margin of 
pileus toward the apex of the stipe, as 
in conical shaped pilei; applied to the 
partial veil when in the young stage its 
stipe-attachment is below the level of 
its marginal one; in this case a ring 
formed from it is called inferior. 
ASCIF'EROUS, ASCOPH'OROUS, as- 
cus-bearing. 
ASCIG'EROUS, bearing asci. 
AS'COCARP, in Ascomycetes, sporo- 
carp producing asci and ascospores 1 . 
A'SCOG'ENOUS, producing asci. 
ASCOMYCE'TES, group of fungi in 
which the spores are produced within 
little sack-like cells, called asci. 
ASCOMYCE'TOUS, of or pertaining to 
the ascomycetes. 
AS'COPHORE, sporophore bearing an 
ascus or asci. 
ASCOPH'OROUS, bearing an ascus or 
asci. 
AS'COSPORES, spores formed within an 
ascus. 
