4 8 GLOSSARY 
Capillitium ( capillitus, like hair). The sterile threads intermixed with 
the spores in the gleba of the Gasteromycetes. 
Capitate {caput, a head). Furnished with a globose head. 
Cinereous {cinis, ashes). Ash-coloured. 
Clavate {clava, a club). Gradually thickened upwards ; club-shaped. 
Columella {columella, a small pillar). The sterile base as seen in some 
Gasteromycetes. 
Conidia (Gr. konis, dust). Dust-like secondary spores. 
Cordate {cor, the heart). Heart-shaped. 
Coriaceous ( corium , leather). Of a leathery consistency. 
Cuticle {cuticula, the outer skin). The outermost skin or pellicle. 
Cyathiform (Gr. kuathos, a wine-cup). Cup-shaped. 
Deciduous {deciduus, subject to falling). Falling, or subject to fall, in 
season. 
Decumbent ( decumbens , lying down). Lying on the ground with a 
tendency to rise at the ends. 
Decurrent {decurrens, running down). Of gills, when prolonged down 
the stem. 
Dentate {dens, a tooth). Toothed. 
Denticulate {dens, a tooth). Minutely toothed. 
Determinate {determino, to limit). With a definite margin, as in some 
species of Corticium ; the margin not clouded off indefinitely. 
Diaphanous (Gr. dia, through ; phaino, to appear). More or less trans¬ 
parent. 
Dichotomous (Gr. dichotomeo, to cut in two). Divided into two, forked. 
Dimidiate ( dimidio , to halve). As when the sporophore is smaller in one 
part, as seen in the pilei of many species. 
Dissepiments {dissepimentum, a partition). Dividing walls, as between 
the pores in the Polyporaceae. 
Distant. A term applied to the gills of agarics having a wide space 
between them— i.e., not at all crowded. 
Echinate {echinatus, set with bristles). Furnished with stiff prickles. 
Effused ( effundo , to pour over). Spread over the matrix without any 
definite form. 
Emarginate {e, out of; mar go, the margin). Having a notch at the end. 
Applied to the gills of agarics when they are notched or scooped 
out before reaching the stem. 
Endoperidium (Gr. endon, within; peridion, a little pouch). The inner 
layer of the peridium in the Gasteromycetes. 
Epiphyte (Gr. epi, upon ; phuton, a plant). Growing upon another 
plant, but not nourished by it. 
Erumpent ( erumpens , breaking through). Bursting through the bark. 
Evanescent (evanescens, disappearing). Lasting only a short time. 
