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FAS'CICLE, FASCIC'ULUS, a close 
cluster; a small bundle. 
FASCIC'ULATE, growing- in fascicles or 
clusters. 
FASTIG'IATE, (a) with branches erect 
and close together; (b) sloping upward 
to a summit, point or edge. 
FAVOSE', resembling honeycomb. 
FENES'TRATE, having a window-like 
opening. 
FERRU'GINOUS, FERRUGIN'EOUS, 
iron-rust colored. 
FI'BRILLAR, FI'BRILLATE, FI'BRIL- 
LOSE, FI'BRILLOUS, appearing to be 
covered or composed of minute fibres. 
FI'BROUS, covered with or composed 
of fibres. 
FI'BROUS-MYCE'LIUM, FI'BRIL- 
LOSE-MYCE'LIUM, elongated branch¬ 
ing mycelial strands, formed by the 
union of hyphae. 
FIG'URATE, applied to a hymenium 
borne upon lamellae, spines, or other 
processes. 
FIL/AMENT, a separate fibre or fibril 
of any animal or vegetable tissue, as a 
filament of silk, wool, etc. 
FILAMENTOUS, like a thread; com¬ 
posed of threads or filaments. 
FILAMENTOUS MYCE'LIUM, FLOC'- 
COSE MYCE'LIUM, mycelium of free 
hyphae which are at most loosely in¬ 
terwoven, but without forming bodies 
of definite shape and outline. 
FILA'CEOUS, FILTFORM, like a 
thread or filament. 
FIM'BRIATE, FIM'BRIATED, fringed. 
FIS'SILE, capable of being split, cleft 
or divided into layers. 
FIS'SURED, cleft or split. 
FIS'TULAR, FIS'TULOSE, tubular, 
hollow. 
FIXED, said of lamellae or spines not 
readily detached from the underlying 
tissue. 
FLABEL'LATE, FLABEL'LIFORM, 
fan-shaped. 
FLAC'CID, soft and limber; flabby; 
without firmness or elasticity. 
FLAG'ELLATE, FLAGEL'DIFORM, 
resembling in shape a whiplash. 
FLAVES'CENT, FLA'VOUS, yellow. 
FLESH, inner substance of a fungus- 
body as distinguished from the cortical 
and hymenial layers. 
FLESH'Y, succulent; composed of juicy 
cellular tissue. 
FLEX'UOSE, FLEX'UOUS, curved or 
bent alternately in opposite directions. 
FLOC'CI, (pi. of FLOC'CUS), flocks or 
tufts resembling wool. 
FLOC'COSE, wooly; composed of, or 
bearing flocci. 
FLOC'CULOSE, composed of or bearing 
minute flocci. 
FOLIA'CEOUS, leaf-like; bearing 
leaves. 
FO'VEATE, marked with pits or depres¬ 
sions. 
FOV'EOLATE, marked with minute pits 
or depressions. 
FREE, said of lamellae which are not 
attached to the stipe; said of any part 
not atached to another; of spores not 
inclosed in a special envelope. 
FRILL, same as armilla. 
FRONT,same as anterior, which see. 
FRUCTIFICATION, (a) a fruit; any 
spore-bearing, spore-containing, or 
seed-containing structure and its spores 
or seeds; (b) the process of de¬ 
velopment of a fruit and its attendant 
parts. 
FUGA'CTOTTS, fleeting; transitory; fall¬ 
ing or fading early. 
FU'GITIVE, quickly disappearing: 
evanescent. 
FULTGIN'EOUS, FULIGTNOUS. very 
dark opaque brown; smoky; sooty. 
FULVES'CENT, somewhat tawny. 
FUL'VOUS, tawny, reddish yellow. 
FU'MOSE, FU'MOUS, smoke-colored, 
fuliginous. 
FUN'GOID, of, or pertaining to fungi. 
FUN GOL'OGY, mycology. 
FUN'GUS, (pi. FUN'GI), a thallophyte 
characterized by the absence of chlo¬ 
rophyll and deriving its sustenance 
from living or dead organic matter. 
FU'NICLE, funiculus. 
FUNIC'ULAR, having the character of 
a funicle or a small cord. 
FUNIC'ULATE, having a funicle. 
FUNIC'ULUS, in Nidulariaceae, the 
cord of hypae attaching a peridiolum to 
the inner wall of the peridium. 
FUR'CATE, forked; divided into 
branches. 
FURFURA'CEOUS, covered with bran¬ 
like particles, scurfy. 
FUSCES'CENT, somewhat fuscous. 
FUS'COUS, of a dark, dusky, swarthy 
color; brown; brown tinged with gray. 
FU'SIFORM, FU'SOID, tapering from 
the middle to both ends; spindle- 
shaped. 
GAMOGEN'ESIS, sexual reproduction. 
GAS'TEROMYCE'TES, GAS'TRO- 
MYCE'TES. a group of Basidiomyce- 
tes in which the hymenium is enclosed 
in a sack-like envelope called the peri¬ 
dium. 
GELATTNA'TTON. GELATTNISA'TION, 
transformation into a gelatinous tissue. 
GELAT'INOUS, jelly-like. 
GENER'IC, (a) pertaining to, of the 
nature of, or forming a mark of a gen¬ 
us; (b) having the rank or classifica- 
tory value of a genus. 
GENET'IC, of or pertaining to origin 
or mode of production. 
GE'NUS, (pi. GEN'ERA), a classifica- 
tory group ranking next above a spe¬ 
cies containing one or more species. 
GEOTROPTC, turning or inclining 
toward the earth. 
GIB'BOUS, in the form of a swelling; 
applied to a pileus which is more swol¬ 
len or convex on one side than the 
other. 
GILL, lamella. 
GTL'VOUS, isabelline; color of sole 
leather. 
