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Excentric (ex, out of; centrum, the centre). Out of the centre, one¬ 
sided. 
Exoperidium (Or. exo, without ; peridion, a little pouch). The outer 
layer of the peridium in the Gasteromycetes. 
Farinose ( farina, flour). Covered with a white mealy powder. 
Fasciculate ( fascis, a bundle). Growing in small bundles. 
Fastigiate ( fastigiatus, sharpened upwards). Nearly parallel, pointing 
upwards, and decreasing in height outwards. 
Ferruginous or Ferrugineous ( ferrum, iron). The colour of iron-rust. 
Fibrillose ( fibra , a fibre or filament). Covered with loose small fibres. 
Filiform ( filum , a thread). Slender as a thread. 
Fimbriate ( fimbria , a fringe). Fringed. 
Fistular or Fistulose ( fistulosus, hollow). Hollow through the whole 
length, like a pipe. 
Flexuose ( flexuosus , full of turnings). Zigzag, wavy. 
Foiiaceous (folium , a leaf). Leaf-like in appearance. 
Free. A term applied to gills which reach the stem, but are not joined 
to it. 
Fugacious ( fugax, fading). Falling or fading quickly, lasting a very 
short time. 
Funiculus (funis, a rope). The cord attaching the "egg” to the 
" nest ” in some of the " Bird’s-nest ” fungi. 
Furcate ( furca, a fork). Forked, as in the branching gills commonly 
seen in the genus Russula. 
Furfuraceous (furfur, bran). Scurfy, covered with bran-like scales. 
Fusiform ( fusus , a spindle). Spindle-shaped, tapering gradually to 
each end. 
Gibbous ( gibbus , hump-backed). A pileus with a broad umbo. 
Gills. The vertical plates of an agaric bearing the hymenium. 
Glabrous (glaber, smooth). Smooth, not hairy. 
Glaucous (glaucus, sea-green). Covered with a bloom of a bluish-green 
tinge. 
Gleba (gleba, a clod). The inner substance of the peridium in the 
Gasteromycetes. 
Globose ( globo, globatus , to form into a ball). Nearly round. 
Grumous (grumus, a hillock). Flesh composed of little grains. 
Gyrose (gyrus, a circle). Marked with wavy lines, curved backward 
and forward in turn. 
Habit (habitus, appearance). The general appearance of a plant. 
Habitat ( habitatio , a habitation). The situation of a plant in its wild 
state. 
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