GLOSSARY 
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Sporophore (Gr. spora, a seed ; phoreo, to carry). The part which bears 
the hymenial surface. 
Squamulose ( squama, a scale). Scaly ; covered with small scales. 
Squarrose ( squarrosus, rough). Rough with projecting or reflexed 
scales. 
Stellate [stella, a star). Like a star ; radiated. 
Sterigma (Gr. sterigma, a prop). The points or threads to which a 
spore is attached. Plural, Sterigmata. 
Sterile ( sterilis, barren). Incapable of producing spores or seeds. 
Stipitate [stipes, a stem). Having a stalk or stem. 
Striated ( striatus , channelled). Streaked with longitudinal lines. 
Strigose [striga, a ridge). Covered with sharp-pointed rigid hairs. 
Stuffed. Of a stem filled with a substance differing in texture from its 
walls. 
Subiculum ( subiculum, an under layer). The felted layer of mycelium 
beneath certain resupinate fungi. 
Sulcate [sulcus, a furrow). Marked with grooves. 
Superior [super, above). Applied to a ring when it is near the apex of 
the stem ; to the hymenium when it is uppermost, not protected 
by a pileus. 
Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 
Tessellate [tessellatus, squared stones). Marked or mapped out in little 
squares. 
Tomentose [tomentum, flocks of wool). Downy with minute short hairs. 
Trama ( trama, the weft or filling of a web). The substance between 
the hymenial layers in the Agaricaceas and Polyporaceae. 
Tremelloid [trenio, I tremble). Jelly-like in substance. 
Triennial (triennis, of three years’ continuance). Lasting for three 
years; of mycelium, producing sporophores in the third year. 
Truncate [tmncus, a stump). Terminating very abruptly, as if cut. 
Tuberculate ( tuberculum , a little tuber). Covered with small warty 
projections. 
Tubular [tubus, a tube). Hollow and cylindrical like a pipe. 
Turbinate [turbo, a top). Top-shaped. 
Umbilicate [umbilicus, the navel). Having a small central depression. 
Umbo [umbo, a boss). A central elevation like the boss of an ancient 
shield ; hence Umbonate, 
Universal. A term applied to the volva or veil which completely 
envelopes some fungi when young. 
Veil [velum, covering), The membrane which more or less completely 
covers some fungi at first. 
