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GLOSSARY 
Pinnatifid. See Pectinate. 
Pisiform ( pisum , a pea). Pea-shaped. 
Plicate [plica, a fan). Folded or plaited lengthwise like a fan. 
Pores (Gr. poros, an opening). Openings or orifices for the escape of 
the spores ; hence porous. 
Procumbent ( procumbens , bending downwards). Lying flat on the 
ground. 
Proliferous [proles, a race ; Jero, to bear). The secondary development 
of parts on the same organ. 
Pruinose [pruina, hoar-frost). As if frosted over with a powder or 
bloom. 
Pubescent [pubescens, downy). Downy ; slightly hairy. 
Pulverulent [pulverulentus, dusty). Powdered as if with dust. 
Pulvinate ( pulvinus, a cushion). Cushion-shaped. 
Pyriform ( pyrus , a pear). Pear-shaped. 
Remote. A term applied to the gills of Agaricaceae when they do not 
reach the stem, but leave a space round it. 
Reniform ( renes , the kidneys ; forma, shape). Kidney-shaped. 
Repand [repandus, to throw open). Bent backwards. 
Resupinate ( resupinatus, lying on the back). With thehymenial surface 
upwards; without a free margin. 
Revolute ( revolutus , rolled back). Rolled backwards ; the opposite of 
involute. 
Rimose [rima, a cleft or crack). Marked by chinks or cracks, as in 
old bark. 
Rufescent [rufus, red, reddish). Becoming reddish ; hence rufous. 
Rugose [ruga, a wrinkle). Covered with wrinkled lines. 
Rugulose. Somewhat wrinkled, not markedly so. 
Scabrous [scaber, rough). Rough to the touch. 
Sclerotium (Gr. skleros, hard). A compact, hard mass of hyphse in a 
dormant condition. 
Scrobiculate [scrobiculus, a little ditch). Marked with little pits or 
depressions. 
Septate ( septum , a hedge). Having divisions or partitions. 
Serrate [serra, a saw). Toothed in a saw-like manner. 
Serratulate. Minutely toothed. 
Sessile [sessilis, sitting). Sitting close ; without a stem. 
Sinuate ( sinuatus , crooked). With a wavy margin when applied to the 
pileus ; of gills when they have a sudden curve where they reach 
the stem. 
Spores (Gr. spora, a seed). The reproductive bodies of cryptogams, 
analogous to the seeds of flowering plants. 
