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Connate, as when two or more pilei
become united.
Continuous, as when one organ runs
into another without any decided
interruption. This is, I believe, synonymous
with contiguus o i Fries.
Crenulate, notched or scalloped.
Cyst, a subglobose cell or cavity.
Deourrent, when the gills are very
acute behind, and run down the
stem.
Denudatoe, naked, exposed, not immersed.
Detei'minate, when a Fungus has a
distinctly-defined outline.
Dichotomous, regularly forked.
Dimidiate, semiorbieular ; when relating
to the gills, it intimates
that they reach only halfway from
tlie border o f the pileus to the
stem.
Distant, far apart from each other,
whereas m no ie means that they do
not reach the stem.
Echinate, beset with short, rigid
bristles.
Echinulate, the same as the last, only
witli shorter and more delicate
bristles.
Effusoe, spread out over the matrix.
Effused, spread out over the matrix.
Emarginate, when the gills are suddenly
scooped out before they
reach the stem.
Emergent, springing from beneath
the surface o f wood, bark, or
cuticle.
Endocaulæ, growing in the substance
of herbaceous stems.
Endochrome, the contents o f cells
where no sporidia are produced
before their production.
Endophloeæ, growing in bark.
Excipulum, a little saucer or receptacle.
Farinose, mealy.
Fasciculate, growing in little bundles.
Fibrillose, clothed with little, loose
fibres.
Fistulose, hollow, like a pipe.
Flocci, threads, as those of a Mould.
Furfuraceous, branny.
Fusiform, spindle-shaped.
Grumous, clotted, as the contents of
some cells.
Guttate, marked with tear-like spots.
Gyrose, folded and waved, or marked
with wavy lines.
Ilerbicoloe, growing on herbaceous
plants.
Heterogeneous, when adjacent parts
are difibrcnt in structure.
Homogeneous, when they aro similar
in structure.
Hyaline, transparent.
Hygrophanous, having a watery aspect
when moist, but more or less
opaque when dry.
Hymenium, the fructifying surface.'
Hymenophorum, the structure which
bears and gives rise to the hyme^
nium.
Hypogæous, subterraneous.
Hypothecium, the part beneath the
nucleus in Sphæriacei, etc., especially
when it is compact.
Immersæ, sunk into the matrix.
Imperforate, without any terminal
aperture.
Incusæ, sunk as jewels in a die.
Indéhiscent, not splitting, except by
Infundibuliform, funnel-s!
Inserted (insititius) j growing immediately
from the matrix, like a graft
from its stock.
Labiate, aperture with distinct, lipPeronate,
used when the stem has a
like borders. distinct, stocking-like coat.
Laccate, varnished, or covered with Perithecia, the bottle-like, fruit-beara
coat like sealing-wax. ing bodies in Sphæriacei, which
Lacunose, having little cavities, or may be naked, sunk in a stroma,
pitted. or covered by a portion o f the
Linguæform, tongue-shaped. matrix.
Lophiostomoe, aperture crested. Pertusæ, pierced at the apex o f the
Marginate, having a distinct, definite perithecium by the sejjaration of
border. the ostiolum.
M a trix , anything on which a Fungus Pileoli, secondary pilei. \ ;
grows. Pileus, the hat-shaped receptacle in ■ ■
Moniliform, necklace-like. Mushrooms, etc.
Mucedinous, like a Mould. Pruinose, frosted, or covered with
Mycelioid, like a mycelium. bloom like a plum.
Mycelium, spawn, which may be Pulvinatæ, cushion-shaped.
either filamentous or vesicular. Rameales, growing on twigs.
Neclc, spoken o f perithecia which reRemote,
spoken of gills which are
semble an india-rubber bottle with free, and leave a considerable space
a distinct neck. between them and the stem. 1
Nucleus, the hymenium o f perithecia, Reniform, kidney-shaped.
which is generally more or less Resupinate, spread over the matrix,
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gelatinous.
Obtectoe, covered by the cuticle.
Obturatæ, literally bunged up, applied
to certain Sphæriæ.
Ohvallatoe, literally walled up,* applied
to certain Sphæriæ.
Ostiolum, moxiïh. of perithecium, like
and having the hymenium upwards,
and not beneath, as in the
Mushroom.
Rhizomorphoid, like roots.
Rimose, cracked.
Ring, part o f the veil adhering to
the stem, and forming a ring or
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the mouth o f a bottle. collar. i' Pa llid , pale, but undecided in colour. Rivulose, marked with lines Kke the ^ :
Papillate, covered with little pap- rivers in a map. I
hke elevations, or ending in a Rostellatæ, having a little, elongated
papilla. neck, extending beyond the suri
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Papyraceous, thin, like paper. face o f the matrix. iii 1 Fatelloeform, saucer-shaped. Rostrate, liaving a long, free neck.
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1 Pendulous, hanging down like the Scrobiculate, marked with little pits. i -•
flower of a foxglove. Scutellæform, slñeld-like.
Peridium, general covering, as in a Septate, having partitions. i :
Puff-baU. Sinuated, when the giUs are suddenly
Peridiola, used when a number of waved just before they reach the
smaller peridia arc contained w ithstem.
in the general envelope. Spathulate, shaped like a spatula.