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Basidium (plural Basidia), a slender filament at the end of 
which the spore is borne. 
Conidium (plural Conidia) is the reproductive cell produced 
free, and not enclosed in any sort of case. The word refers to 
their dust-like character, as they are usually found in large 
numbers. 
Conidiophore is the hypha or fungus-filament directly bearing 
the conidia. 
Fchinulate, besot with short spines. 
Fmmpent, bursting through the surface. 
Fasciculate, forming a bundle or tuft. 
Fusiform, spindle-shaped. 
Gregarious, growing in groups. 
Guttulate, with spherical drops or guttre. 
Habitat, the place in which a plant grows. 
Hypha (plural Hyphoc) is a Greek word for a thread, and the 
name is given to the fine threads or filaments which usually 
branch and form a network. 
p is the first letter of the Greek word micron, and represents 
th of a millimetre or about x roi r c inch. 
Membranaceous, thin and soft, and more or less transparent. 
Mycelium is the name given to the vegetative portion of the 
fungus, and consists of the entire branching network of hyphen. 
Papilla, a nipple-like projection. 
Paraphyses are the slender sterile threads which accompany the 
Asei, and may be regarded as packing material. 
Parasite, an organism living in or upon and at the expense of 
another. 
Peritliecium is the capsule surrounding and enclosing the asci. 
Pycnidium is the case containing the spores when not enclosed 
in asci, although the term peritliecium is often used in the same 
sense. 
Reticulated, forming a network. 
Sajwophyte, an organism living upon dead organic matter. 
Septum (plural Septa) is the partition-wall between different 
cells of the filaments of a fungus or of a spore. 
S]iore is a reproductive body, analogous to the seed of a plant 
which becomes free, and is capable of reproducing the species. 
Conidia, sporules, and sporidia. are special names given for con¬ 
venience to spores according to their mode of production. 
Sporidia is the name given to reproductive bodies contained in 
asci. 
Sporodochium or spore-bed is the closely woven layer of fila¬ 
ments bearing the conidia in such a genus as Fusarium. 
Sporule is the term applied to a reproductive body contained in 
a peritliecium but not enclosed in an ascus. 
