GLOSSARY 
Aberrant {ad, from ; erro, I wander). Differing from the customary 
structure of related groups. 
Aculeate ( aculeus, a prickle). Armed with prickles. 
Acuminate ( acumen, a point). Tapering to a point. 
Adherent {ad, to ; haereo , I stick). Grown to or sticking to. 
Adnate {adnascor, to grow to). Of gills, broadly attached to the stem. 
Adnexed {ad, to ; necto, I join). Of gills, just reaching the stem. 
Adpressed {ad, to ; pressxis, pressed). Close contact, but not joined. 
Analogy (Gr. ana, according to ; logos, definition). Resemblances in 
certain respects only, not in the plan of structure. 
Anastomose (Gr. anastomosis, a bringing to a point). Of veins united 
in an irregular manner. 
Annulus {annulus, a ring). The ring round the stem. 
Apex {apex, the top). Opposite to the point of attachment. 
Apiculate {apex, the top). Ending in a little point. 
Approximate {ad, to ; proximo, to approach). Of gills, approaching to, 
but not actually touching, the stem. 
Arcuate {arcuatus, bent like a bow). Applied to gills when bow-shaped. 
Areolate {area, a plot). Divided into small areas or patches. 
Ascus (Gr. askos, a leather bottle). The swollen end of a hyphal 
branch in which the spores are contained in the Ascomycetes. 
Plural, Asci. 
Basidium {basidium, a little pedestal). The mother cell bearing the 
spores in the Basidiomycetes. Plural, Basidia. 
Biennial {biennis, of two years’ continuance). Growing one year, 
flowering or fruiting the succeeding year. Of two years’ 
duration. 
Bullate {bulla, a bubble). Furnished with a stud or boss-like ap¬ 
pendage. 
Caducous {caducus, ready to fall). Falling off, not persistent. 
Caespitose {caepes, a clump). Growing in tufts. 
Campanulate {campanula, a little bell). Bell-shaped. 
Capillary {capillus, a hair). Thread-like. 
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