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ELLIP'TIC, ELLIP'TICAL, elongate- 
ovate; more than twice as long as 
broad; parallel sided in the middle and 
rounded at both ends. 
EMAR'GINATE, notched at the end; 
applied to a lamella which has a notch 
in its margin close to the stipe. 
EMBOSSED', in botany, projecting in 
the centre like the boss or umbo of a 
round shield. 
ENCRUST'ING, forming a crust-like 
coating. 
ENDEM'IC, peculiar to and characteris¬ 
tic of a locality or region; indigenous 
in some region and not elsewhere. 
ENDO-, ENTO-, prefix signifying 
“within,” “inside.” 
ENDOBASID'IA, basidia enclosed in a 
dehiscent or indehiscent conceptacle. 
ENDOCAU'LOUS, growing in the sub¬ 
stance of herbaceous stems. 
EN'DOGEN, see monocotyledon. 
ENDOG'ENOUS, (a) produced within 
another body; (b) of or pertaining to 
the class of endogens. 
ENDOPERID'IUM, inner layer of the 
peridium. 
EN'DOPHYTE, a plant growing within 
an animal or another plant, usually as 
a parasite; entophyte. 
EN’DOSPORE, ENDOSPO'RIUM, the 
inner coat of a spore. 
EN'DOSPORES, spores which are pro¬ 
duced within a sporangium or spore- 
sac, as the ascospores. 
EN'SIFORM, sword-shaped. 
ENTIRE', having the edge without 
toothing or division; not divided into 
parts; continuous. 
ENTOMOG'ENOUS, growing upon or in 
insects. 
ENTOMOPH'YTOUS, growing upon or 
in insects or their remains. 
EN'TOPHYTE, endophyte. 
EPIDER'MIS, see cuticle. 
EPIG'ENOUS, growing upon the sur¬ 
face of a part; often limited to growth 
upon the upper surface, in distinction 
from hypogenous. 
ERIGAE'OUS, EPIGE'OUS, growing 
on or in the ground. 
EP'INASTY, that state of a growing 
dorsi-ventral organ in which the dor¬ 
sal surface grows more actively than 
the ventral surface. 
EP'IPHRAGM, a delicate membrane 
closing the cup-like receptacle of the 
Nidulariacei. 
EPIPHYL'LOUS, growing upon a leaf; 
often limited to growth upon the upper 
surface, in distinction from hypophyl- 
lous. 
EPIPHYTAL, EPIPHYT'IC, EP- 
IPHYT'ICAL, of the nature of an ep¬ 
iphyte. 
EP'IPHYTE, growing upon the outside 
of another plant; either parasitic or 
not parasitic. 
EP'ISPORE, EPISPO'RIUM, the outer 
coat of a spore; same as exosporium. 
EPITHE'CIUM, the layer sometimes 
formed above the asci by the concres- 
cent tips of the paraphyses. 
EPIX'ILLOUS, growing upon wood. 
E QL AL, applied to a stipe of uniform 
thickness; to lamellae of equal length. 
ERO DED, having small irregular 
sinuses on the margin, as if knawed. 
EROSE', same as eroded. 
ERUM PENT, prominent; originating 
beneath and bursting through the sur¬ 
face of the matrix. 
ES'CULENT, edible, eatable, not pois¬ 
onous. 
k* ^JOEATE, E TIOLATED, blanched; 
whitened by exclusion of the sun’s rays 
or by disease. 
EVANES'CENT, fleeting; vanishing* 
soon disappearing. 
E'VEN, having no depressions or eleva¬ 
tions; not pitted, striate, etc; different 
trom smooth or glabrous which see. 
EX-, prefix—see “E-.” 
EXCEN'TRIC, not central; said of a 
stipe which is attached to the pileus at 
some point between the centre and the 
margin. 
EXCIP'ULUM, outer layer of an apoth- 
ecium or cup developed as part of the 
receptacle. 
EXO-, prefix signifying “outside.” 
EXOGENOUS, (a) produced on the out¬ 
side of another body; (b) belonging to 
or characteristic of the class of ex¬ 
ogens. 
EX'OGEN, see dicotyledon. 
EXOPERIDTUM, outer layer of the 
peridium. 
EX'OSPORES, spores which are free, 
not produced within a sporangium, as 
basidio-spores. 
EXOSPO'RIUM, the outer coat of a 
spore; same as episporium. 
EXOT'IC, foreign, not native. 
EXPAN'DED, spread out, as a pileus 
from convex to plane. 
EX'PLANATE, flattened; expanded* 
applied usually to a part which has 
been rolled or folded. 
EXSER'TED, projecting; standing out. 
EXSICCA'TI, dried specimens; especial¬ 
ly those published in sets. 
FAC'UETATIVE-PAR'ASITE, an or¬ 
ganism which normally lives through¬ 
out as a saprophyte, but which may al¬ 
so go through its course either wholly 
or in part as a parasite. 
FAC'UETATIVE-SAP'ROPHYTE, an 
organism which normally is parasitic 
but which can vegetate at certain 
stages as a saprophyte. 
FAL'CATE, FAL'CIFORM, sickle¬ 
shaped. 
FARC'TATE, stuffed, which see. 
FARINA'CEOUS, covered as if with 
meal: mealy. 
FAR'TNOSE, covered with a meal-like 
powder. 
FAS'CIATE, FAS'CIATED, (a)having 
broad parallel bands or stripes; (b) 
banded or compacted together; (c) ex¬ 
hibiting fasciation. 
FASCIA'TION, (a) a monstrous flat¬ 
tened expansion of the stem; (b) con¬ 
dition of being bound or compacted to¬ 
gether. 
