center, as a series of rings, one within another.
CONCEP´TACLE (_conceptaculum_, < _concipere_, pp. _conceptus_, contain,
conceive), a closed sporiferous body.
CON´CHIFORM (_concha_, a shell, + _forma_, shape), shell-shaped,
resembling a clam-shell in shape.
CONCOLORED, CONCOL´OROUS (_concolor_, of one color), of a uniform color.
CONCRES´CENT (_concrescentia_, < _concrescere_, grow together), growing
together.
CON´CRETE (_concretus_, grown together, solid), coalescent; united in a
coagulated, condensed or solid mass; grown together.
CONFER´VOID (_conferva_, a name applied to certain of the Algæ,
sea-weeds; + _Gr_—form), like a Conferva, from the finely branched
threads; loose and filamentous.
CON´FLUENT (_con_, together, + _Gr_—_fluere_, flow), blended into one.
CON´GENER (_congener_, of the same race, < _con_, together, + _genus_
(_gener_), race), of the same genus or kind.
CONGENER´IC, CONGENER´ICAL, CONGEN´EROUS (_congener_, of the same race,
+ ic, ous), belonging to or nearly allied to the same genus.
CONGENET´IC (_con_, together, + _Gr_—generation, seed), produced at the
same time or by the same cause; alike in origin.
CONGLOM´ERATE (_conglomeratus_, pp. of _conglomerare_, roll together,
heap together, < _com_, together, + _glomerare_, gather into a ball),
densely clustered; gathered into a round mass; composed of
heterogeneous materials.
CONGLU´TINATE (_conglutinatus_, pp. of _conglutinare_, glue together, <
_com_, together, + _glutinare_, glue), as if glued together.
CONID´IAL (conidium + al), pertaining to or of the nature of a conidium
or conidia; characterized by the formation of conidia; bearing
conidia.
CONIDIIF´EROUS, CONIDIOPH´OROUS (_conidium_, dust, + _ferre_, bear),
bearing conidia.
CONID´IOPHORE (_conidium_, + _Gr_—bearing), a hypha from which are
abstricted conidia.
CONID´IUM (pl. CONIDIA), a non-sexual spore formed singly or in chains
by abstriction from the ends of hyphæ or hyphal branches. See under
SPORE.
CO´NIFER (_conifer_, cone-bearing, < _conus_, a cone, + _ferre_, bear),
a cone-bearing tree.
CONJUGA´TION (_conjugatio(n-)_, a joining, entomological relationship, <
_conjugare_, pp. _conjugatus_, join), union of two cells to form a
spore.
CON´NATE (_connatus_, pp. _connasci_, < _con_, together; _nascor_, to be
born), united by growing together from the first.
CON´NIVENT (_conniven(t-)s_, _coniven(t-)s_, ppr. of _connivere_,
_conivere_, wink at; overlook), having an inward direction,
converging, coming in contact, said of a cup whose sides curve inward
and meet at the margin.
CON´STANT (_constan(t-)s_, steady, firm, < _com_, together, + _stare_),
always present or always in the same condition.
CONSTRIC´TED (constrict + ed), contracted so as to be smaller in one or
more places than in others.
CON´TEXT (_contextus_, pp. of _contexere_, join or weave together),
texture; substance.
CONTIG´UOUS (_contiguus_, touching), near, or in contact.
CONTIN´UOUS (_continuus_, joined, < _continere_, hold together), without
a break; applied to spores or hyphæ that have no septa.
CONTOR´TED (_contortus_, pp. of _contorquere_, twist, < _com_, together;
_torquere_, twist), distorted, twisted, crooked or deformed.
CON´VEX (_convexus_, vaulted, arched, convex, concave), elevated and
regularly rounded; forming the segment of a sphere or nearly so.
CONVEX´O-PLANE, between convex and flat.
CON´VOLUTE (_convolutus_, pp. of _convolvere_, roll together), covered
with irregular convexities and depressions resembling the convolutions
of the brain.
COR´DATE (_cordatus_, heart-shaped), heart-shaped.
CORIA´CEOUS (_coriaceus_, < _corium_, leather), of a leathery texture.
COR´NEOUS (_corneus_, horny), of a horny texture.
COR´RUGATED (_corrugatus_, pp. _corrugare_, < _con_, together, +
_rugare_, to wrinkle), wrinkled; contracted; puckered; having a
wrinkled appearance.
COR´TEX (_cortex_, cork), literally bark; a covering of cells enclosing
the axis; cortical layer; the outer rind-like layer or layers of some
fungus bodies.
COR´TICAL (_cortex_ (_cortic_), bark, rind, + al), of or pertaining to
the cortex.
COR´TICATE, COR´TICATED (_corticatus_, pp. adj., < _cortex_, bark),
furnished with bark-like covering; having a rind.
CORTI´NA (_cortina_), a veil of spider-web structure rupturing at or
near the stem; applied to the peculiar veil of the genus Cortinarius.
COR´TINATE (_cortinatus_, < _cortina_, a curtain), provided with or
pertaining to a cortina.
COS´TATE (_costatus_, ribbed, < _costa_, rib), having a ridge or ridges
as if ribbed.
COSTÆ (pl. of _costa_, a rib, a side), ribs or primary veins (as in a
leaf).
CRATE´RA (_crater_, a bowl), a cup-shaped receptacle.
CRATER´IFORM (_crater_, a crater, + _forma_, shape), basin or
saucer-shaped; having the form of a crater.
CREAM COLOR (_cremeus_), a light pinkish-yellow color like cream.
CRE´NATE (_crenatus_, < _crena_, a notch), notched at the edge,
indented, scalloped: The notches are blunt or rounded, not sharp as in
a serrated edge.
CREN´ULATE, CREN´ULATED (_crenulatus_), same as crenate.
CRETA´CEOUS (_cretaceus_, chalky, < _creta_, chalk), chalky; of the
color of chalk.
CRIB´RATE, CRIB´RIFORM (_cribrum_, a sieve, + _forma_, shape),
sieve-like; perforated with small holes.
CRIB´ROSE (_cribrosus_, < _cribrum_, a sieve), pierced with holes;
perforated.
CRIMSON (_carmineus_, _sanguineus_, _sanguineo-ruber_), blood-red, the
color of the cruder sorts of carmine.
CRI´NITE (_crinitus_, haired, pp. of _crinire_, provide with hair, <
_crinis_, hair), having a tuft of long, weak hairs.
CRISP, CRISPED, CRIS´PATE (_crispus_, curled, wavy, uneven, tremulous),
having the surface, especially near the margin, strongly and finely
undulate, as the leaves of the Savoy cabbage.
CRIS´TATE (_cristatus_, < _crista_, a crest), crested; bearing a ridge,
mane or tuft on the top.
CRU´CIATE, CRU´CIFORM (_cruciatus_, pp. of _cruciare_, torture), having
the form of a cross with equal arms.
CRUSTA´CEOUS (_crusta_, a crust, + aceous), of hard and brittle texture.
CRYP´TOGAM (_Gr_—hidden, + marriage), a plant of the order Cryptogamia.
CRYPTOGA´MIA (_Gr_—hidden, + marriage), flowerless plants propagated by
spores.
CRYPTOG´AMY (_Gr_—hidden, + marriage), obscure fructification as in
plants of the class Cryptogamia.
CULM (_culmus_, a stalk), the stem of grasses.
CU´NEATE, CUNE´IFORM (_cuneatus_, pp. of _cuneare_, wedge, make
wedge-shaped, < _cuneus_, a wedge), wedge-shaped.
CUP (_cupa_, a tub, cask, vat), the concave fruiting body of
angiocarpous lichens and discomycetous fungi; the peridium of a
clustering fungus. See APOTHECIUM.
CU´PREOUS (_cupreus_, of copper, < _cuprum_, copper), copper-colored.
CU´PULAR, CU´PULATE (a little cup, dim. of _cupa_, a cup), cup-shaped.
CU´PULE, CU´PULA (a little cup, dim. of _cupa_, a cup), a receptacle
shaped like a little cup, as in Peziza.
CURLED, same as CRISP.
CURT (_curtus_, clipped, broken, shortened), short.
CUR´TAIN (_cortina_, a small croft, screen, etc.), same as cortina.
CUS´PIDATE (_cuspidatus_, pp. _cuspidare_, < _cuspis_, a point, spear),
with a sharp spear-like point.
CU´TICLE (_cuticula_, dim. of _cutis_, the skin), a distinct skin-like
layer; cutis, cuticle, pellicle and epidermis have been used
indiscriminately to describe the separable or inseparable skin-like
layer sometimes present on the outer surface of the pileus and stem;
of these terms, cuticle is used most commonly.
CU´TIS. See CUTICLE.
CYA´NEOUS (_cyaneus_, dark blue), bright blue; azure; lapis-lazuli blue.
CYANO´SIS (_Gr_—dark-blue, + osis), in pathology a blue or more or less
livid color of the surface of the body, due to imperfect circulation
and oxygenation of the blood.
CY´ATHIFORM (_cyathus_, a cup; _forma_, form), cup-shaped, shape of a
drinking glass slightly widened at the top.
CYLIN´DRIC, CYLIN´DRICAL (_cylindricus_, cylinder), cylinder-shaped;
applied to a branch or stem having the same or nearly the same
diameter throughout, and its cross-section circular.
CYM´BÆFORM, CYM´BIFORM (_cymba_, a boat, + _forma_, shape), boat-shape.
CYST (_cystis_, the bladder, bag, pouch), a bladder-like cell or cavity.
CYSTID´IUM (pl. CYSTID´IA) (_Gr_—the bladder, + the dim. termination),
sterile bladder cells of the hymenium, generally larger than the
basidia cells between which and with which they are formed.
DASH, -, between two figures = to; from 2 to 4.
DAUGHTER-CELL, any cell when mentioned in relation to the one
(mother-cell) from which it is derived.
DEAL´BATE (_dealbatus_, pp. of _dealbare_, whiten, white-wash, etc., <
_de_ + _albare_, whiten), as if white-washed; covered with very white
opaque powder.
DECID´UOUS (_deciduus_, that falls down; < _decidere_, < _de_, down, +
_cedere_, to fall), falling off at maturity or at the end of the
season, not permanent; losing the foliage every year.
DECOR´TICATE, DECOR´TICATED (_decorticatus_, pp. of _decorticare_, <
_de_, from, + _cortex_, bark), denuded of bark; destitute of a cortex
or cortical layer.
DECUM´BENT (_decumben(t-)s_, ppr. of _decumbere_, lie down, < _de_,
down, + _cumbere_, lie) applied to a stem having the lower part
resting on the ground.
DECUR´RENT (_decurren(t-)s_, ppr. _decurrere_, run down), applied to
lamellæ (gills) which are prolonged down the stem.
DECURVED´ (decurve + ed, after _decurvatus_, curved back), curved
downward; opposed to recurved.
DEFLEXED´ (_deflexus_, pp. _deflectere_, turn aside), bent or turned
down.
DEHIS´CENCE (_dehiscen(t-)s_, dehiscent), the spontaneous opening of a
peridium at maturity to discharge the spores.
DEHIS´CENT (_dehiscere_, gape, open), a closed organ opening of itself
at maturity or when it has attained a certain development.
DELIQUES´CENT (_deliquescere_, melt away), relating to mushrooms which
at maturity become liquid or melt down.
DELIMITA´TION (_delimitare_, mark out the limits, < _de_ + _limitare_,
limit, bound), the marking, fixing or prescribing the limits or
boundaries.
DEN´DROID, DEN´DRIFORM (_Gr_—a tree, + _L._—_forma_, form), tree-shaped.
DEN´TATE (_dentatus_, tooth), toothed with a concave serrature.
DENTIC´ULATE (_denticulatus_, < _denticulus_, a small tooth), finely
dentate.
DENU´DATE (_denudatus_, pp. of _denudare_, make bare, strip), naked;
exposed, not immersed.
DEPRESSED´ (_depressus_, pp. of _deprimere_, < _de_, down, + _premere_,
press), as if pressed down or flattened; sunk below the level of the
surrounding margin.
DERMINI, a group of fungi with brown or rust-colored spores.
DESCEND´ING (_descindere_, pp. _descensus_, come down, fall, < _de_,
down, _scandere_, climb), applied to a marginal veil when, in the
young stage, its marginal attachment is below the level of its
stem-attachment; a ring formed from it is called superior; turned
downward.
DES´ICCATE, DES´ICCATED (_desiccatus_, pp. of _desiccare_, dry up, <
_de_, intensive, < _siccare_, dry), dried.
DETER´MINATE (_determinatus_, pp. _determinare_, fix, limit), ending
definitely; having a distinctly defined outline.
DETERMINA´TION (_determinatio(n)_, boundary, conclusion, end,
_determinare_, pp. _determinatus_, bound, determine), assignment to
the proper place in a classification or series.
DIAGNO´SIS (_diagnosis_, a distinguishing), scientific discrimination of
any kind; a short distinctive description, as of a plant.
DIAPH´ANOUS (_Gr_—through, + to appear), of a transparent texture;
permitting the passage of light.
DICHOT´OMOUS (_Gr_—in two, + to cut), dividing into two; regularly
forked.
DICHOT´OMY (_Gr_—a cutting in two), a mode of branching by constant
forking or dividing in pairs.
DID´YMOUS (_Gr_—double, twofold, twin), double; of two equal parts.
DIFFEREN´TIATED (_differentia_, difference), exhibiting differentiation.
DIFFERENTIA´TION (_differentia_, difference, + ation), (a)
discrimination between by observing or describing the differences; (b)
the evolutionary process or results by which originally different
parts or organs become differentiated or specialized in either form or
function; specialization.
DIF´FLUENT (_diffluen(t-)s_, ppr. of _diffluere_, < _dis_, away, apart,
+ _fluere_, flow), readily dissolving.
DIF´FORM, DIFFORMED´ (_deformis_, deformed), irregular in form, not
uniform.
DIFFUSE´ (_diffusus_, pp. of _diffundere_, pour in different directions,
pour out, < _dis_, away, + _fundere_, flow), spreading widely, loosely
and irregularly.
DIG´ITATE (_digitatus_, having fingers or toes, < _digitus_, finger),
furnished with fingers; dividing like the fingers of the hand.
DILA´TED (_dilatare_, spread out; extend), expanded; enlarged.
DIMID´IATE (_dimidiatus_, < _dimidiare_, halve), halved; _e. g._ of
gills which reach halfway to the stem; also of pileus when it is
semi-circular in outline or nearly so; as many Polyporei.
DIMOR´PHIC, DIMOR´PHOUS (_dimorphus_, having two forms), existing in two
distinct forms.
DIMOR´PHISM (_dimorphus_, having two forms), the property of existing
under two distinct forms.
DISC, DISK (_discus_, a disk, trencher), (a) any flat circular disk-like
growth; (b) the central portion of the upper surface of a pileus; the
cup-shaped or otherwise variously shaped hymenial surface of a
Discomycete.
DIS´CIFORM, DIS´COID, DIS´COIDAL (_discoides_, disk-shaped), of a
circular, flat form; disk-shaped.
DIS´COCARP (_Gr_—a disk, + _Gr_—fruit), ascocarp in which the hymenium
or disk lies exposed while the asci are maturing as in Peziza,
Morchella, etc.
DISCOMYCE´TES (_Gr_—a disk, + _Gr_—fungus), a group of ascomycetous
fungi in which the hymenium is exposed; the fruiting body is cupular,
discoid or clavate, and sometimes convoluted.
DISCRETE´ (_discretus_, distinguished, separated), distinct, not
coalescent.
DISSEC´TED (_dissectus_, pp. of _dissecare_, cut asunder, < _dis_,
asunder, + _secare_, cut), cut deeply into many lobes or divisions.
DISSEP´IMENTS (_dissepimentum_, a partition) dividing walls; partitions.
DIS´TAL (_dist(ance)_ + al), pertaining to the apex or outer extremity.
DIS´TANT, (_distans_, ppr. _distare_, stand apart), far apart; of gills
which have a wide distance between them.
DIS´TICHOUS (_Gr_—having two rows), disposed in two rows.
DIVAR´ICATE (_divaricatus_, pp. _divaricare_, spread asunder),
separating at an obtuse angle; diverging widely.
DOR´SAL (_dorsalis_, < _dorsum_, the back), pertaining to the back,
literally on the upper side.
DOWN, fine, soft pubescence.
E or EX-, prefix signifying “destitute of,” “outside of,” or “away
from.”
EBE´NEOUS (_ebeneus_, of ebony, < _ebenus_, ebony), black like ebony.
EBUR´NEOUS (_eburneus_, of ivory, < _ebur_, ivory), ivory-white.
ECCEN´TRIC (_Gr_—out of the center), excentric.
ECH´INATE (_echinatus_, set with bristles, prickly), furnished with
stiff bristles.
ECHIN´ULATE (_echinulus_, dim. of _echinus_, a hedgehog), beset with
short bristles.
ECTO- (_Gr_—without, outside), prefix signifying “outside.”
ECTOBASID´IA (_Gr_—outside, + basidium), basidia placed on an exposed
surface; not enclosed.
EDEN´TATE (_edentatus_, toothless, pp. of _edentare_, render toothless),
without teeth.
EFFUSED´ (_effusus_, pp. _effundere_, pour out), spread over without
regular form.
EFFU´SO-REFLEXED´, effused with upper margin reflected forming a pileus.
EGG (_ovum_, an egg), a young plant before rupture of the volva in
Phalloids, Amanitas, etc.
EGUTT´ULATE, not containing guttulæ.
ELLIP´SOID (_Gr_—ellipse, + _Gr_—form), a solid figure all plane,
sections of which are ellipses or circles.
ELLIPSOI´DAL, shaped like an ellipsoid.
ELLIP´TIC, ELLIP´TICAL (_Gr_—ellipse), elongate-ovate; more than twice
as long as broad; parallel-sided in the middle and rounded at both
ends.
EMAR´GINATE (_emarginatus_, pp. _emarginare_, < _e_, out of; _margo_,
the margin), notched at the end; of gills with a sudden scoop, as if
scooped out at the point of attachment to the stem.
EMBOSSED´, in botany projecting in the center like the boss or umbo of a
round shield.
EM´BRYO, the mushroom before leaving its volva, also an early stage of
mushrooms which have no volva.
ENCRUST´ING (_incrustare_, cover with a rind or crust, < _in_, on, +
_crusta_, a crust).
ENDEM´IC (_Gr_—native), peculiar to and characteristic of a locality or
region; indigenous in some region and not elsewhere.
ENDO-, ENTO- (_Gr_—“in,” “within”), prefix signifying “within,”
“inside.”
ENDOBASID´IA (_Gr_—within, + basidium), basidia enclosed in a dehiscent
or indehiscent conceptacle.
ENDOCAU´LOUS (_Gr_—within, + _caulis_, a stalk), growing in the
substance of herbaceous stems.
EN´DOGEN (_Gr_—within, + producing). See MONOCOTYLEDON.
ENDOG´ENOUS (_Gr_—within, + _Gr_—producing, + ous), produced within
another body; of or pertaining to the class of endogens.
ENDOPERID´IUM (_Gr_—within, + peridium), inner layer of the peridium.
EN´DOPHYTE (_Gr_—within, + a plant), a plant growing within an animal or
another plant, usually as a parasite; entophyte.
EN´DOSPORE, ENDOSPO´RIUM (_Gr_—within, + _Gr_—seed), (a) the inner coat
of a spore; (b) spore which is produced within a sporangium or
spore-sac as the ascospores.
EN´SIFORM (_ensis_, a sword, + _forma_, shape), sword-shaped.
ENTIRE´ (_integer_, < _integrum_, whole), the edge quite devoid of
serrature or notch; continuous.
ENTOMOG´ENOUS (_Gr_—an insect, + produced), growing upon or in insects.
ENTOMOPH´YTOUS (_Gr_—within, + grow), growing upon or in insects.
EN´TOPHYTE, endophyte.
EPIDER´MIS (_Gr_—the outer skin), the external or outer layer of the
plant.
EPIG´ENOUS (_Gr_—growing after or late), growing upon the surface of a
part; often limited to growth upon the upper surface, in distinction
from hypogenous.
EPIGÆ´OUS, EPIGE´OUS (_Gr_—on or of the earth; on the ground), growing
on or in the ground.
EP´IPHRAGM (_Gr_—a covering; lid), a delicate membrane closing the
cup-like receptacle of the Nidulariaceæ.
EP´IPHYTAL, EPIPHYT´IC, EPIPHYT´ICAL (_Gr_—upon, + a plant), of the
nature of an epiphyte.
EP´IPHYTE (_Gr_—upon, + a plant), growing upon the outside of another
plant; either parasitic or not.
EP´ISPORE, EPISPO´RIUM (_Gr_—upon, + seed), the outer coat of a spore;
same as exosporium.
EPITHE´CIUM (_Gr_—upon, + a case), the layer sometimes formed above the
asci by the concrescent tips of the paraphyses.
EPIX´YLOUS (_Gr_—upon, + wood + ous), growing upon wood.
E´QUAL (_æqualis_, equal, like), all gills of the same, or nearly the
same, length from back to front; stem of uniform thickness.
ERO´DED (_erodere_, gnaw off), the edge ragged as if torn.
ERUM´PENT (_erumpen(t-)s_, ppr. of _erumpere_, break out), prominent;
originating beneath and bursting through the surface of the matrix.
E´TIOLATE, E´TIOLATED (_stipula_, straw), whitened, blanched by
exclusion of the sun’s rays or by disease.
EVANES´CENT (_evanescen(t-)s_, ppr. of _evanescere_, vanish away),
fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing.
E´VEN, of a surface which is quite plane as contrasted _e. g._ with one
which is striate, pitted, etc. Distinguished from smooth. A surface
may not be smooth and yet be even.
EX-, prefix. See “E-.”
EXCEN´TRIC (_Gr_—out of the center), not central; the stems of some
mushrooms are always excentric.
EXCIP´ULUM (_excipulum_, a vessel for receiving liquids, < _excipere_,
take out, receive), outer layer of an apothecium or cup developed as
part of the receptacle.
EXO-, prefix signifying “outside.”
EX´OGEN (_Gr_—outside, + producing), a plant in which the growth of the
stem is in successive concentric layers.
EXOG´ENOUS, growing by additions on the outside; belonging to or
characteristic of the class of exogens; produced on the outside, as
the spores of hyphomycetous and many other fungi.
EXOPERID´IUM (_Gr_—outside, peridium), outer layer of the peridium.
EX´OSPORES (_exosporium_), spores which are free, not produced within a
sporangium, as basidio-spores.
EXOSPO´RIUM (_Gr_—outside, + seed), the outer coat of a spore; same as
episporium.
EXOT´IC (_exoticus_, foreign, alien), foreign, not native.
EXPAN´DED (_expandere_, pp. _expansus_, spread out, < _ex_, out, +
_pandere_, spread), spread out, as a pileus from convex to plane.
EX´PLANATE (_explanatus_, flattened, spread out), flattened, expanded;
applied usually to a part which has been rolled or folded.
EXSER´TED (_exsertus_, thrust out, pp. of _exsere_, stretch out),
projecting; standing out.
EXSICCA´TI (_exsiccatus_, pp. of _exsiccare_, dry up), dried specimens;
especially those published in sets and distributed.
FAC´ULTATIVE (_faculta(t-)s_, faculty), capability, etc., having a
faculty or power, but exercising it only occasionally or incidentally;
optional or contingent.
FAC´ULTATIVE-PAR´ASITE, an organism which normally lives throughout as a
saprophyte, but which may also go through its course either wholly or
in part as a parasite.
FAC´ULTATIVE-SAP´ROPHYTE, an organism which normally is parasitic, but
which can vegetate at certain stages as a saprophyte.
FAL´CATE, FAL´CIFORM (_falcatus_, bent, curved, hooked, sickle-shaped, <
_falx_, a sickle), hooked, curved like a scythe or sickle.
FAMILY (_familia_, household establishment, < _famulus_, a servant), a
systematic group in a scientific classification embracing a greater or
less number of genera which agree in certain characters not shared by
others of the same order.
FARC´TATE (_farctus_, < _farcio_, to stuff), stuffed; without vacuities;
opposed to fistulose.
FARINA´CEOUS (_farinaceus_, < _farina_, meal), mealy.
FAR´INOSE (_farinosus_, mealy), covered with a white mealy powder.
FAS´CIA (_fascis_, a bundle), a band or bar.
FAS´CIATE, FAS´CIATED (_fascia_, a band or girth), having broad parallel
bands or stripes; banded or compacted together; exhibiting fasciation.
FASCIA´TION (_fascia_, a band), the act or manner of binding with
fasciæ, a monstrous flattened expansion of the stem; condition of
being bound or compacted together.
FAS´CICLE, FASCIC´ULUS (_fasciculus_, a small bundle; packet, etc.), a
close cluster; a small bundle.
FASCIC´ULATE (_fasciculus_, a small bundle), growing in small bundles or
fascicles.
FASTIG´IATE (_fastigiatus_, sloping, < _fastigium_, the top of a gable,
slope), with branches erect and close together; sloping upward to a
summit, point or edge.
FAVOSE´ (_favosus_, < _favus_, a honey-comb), honey-combed; resembling a
honey-comb.
FAWN-COLOR (_cervinus_, _cervineus_), a light warm-brown color.
FERRU´GINEOUS, FERRU´GINOUS (_ferrugineus_), rust-red or the color of
iron rust.
FI´BRILLAR, FI´BRILLATE, FI´BRILLOSE, FI´BRILLOUS (_fibrilla_, a fiber),
appearing to be covered or composed of minute fibers.
FI´BROUS (_fibrosus_, < _fibra_, a fiber), clothed with small fibers.
FI´BROUS-MYCE´LIUM, FIBRILLOSE-MYCELIUM, elongated branching mycelial
strands, formed by the union of hyphæ.
FIG´URATE (_figuratus_, pp. _figuare_, < _figura_, a form, shape), of a
certain determinate form or shape.
FIL´AMENT (_filum_, thread), a separate fiber or fibril of any animal or
vegetable tissue, as a filament of silk, wool, etc.
FILAMEN´TOUS, like a thread; composed of threads or filaments.
FILAMEN´TOUS-MYCE´LIUM, FLOC´COSE-MYCE´LIUM, mycelium of free hyphæ
which are at most loosely interwoven, but without forming bodies of
definite shape and outline.
FIL´ACEOUS, FIL´IFORM (_filum_, a thread, + aceous), like a thread or
filament.
FIM´BRIATE, FIM´BRIATED (_fimbriatus_, < _fimbriæ_, a fringe), fringed;
cut jaggedly.
FIS´SILE (_fissilis_, cleft, < _fissus_, pp. _findere_, split), capable
of being split, cleft or divided in layers.