FIS´TULAR, FIS´TULOSE (_fistularis_, like a pipe, < _fistula_, a pipe),
tubular, hollow in the center like a pipe.
FIXED, said of lamellæ or spines not readily detached from the
underlying tissue.
FLABEL´LATE, FLABEL´LIFORM (_flabellum_, a fan), fan-shaped.
FLAC´CID (_flaccidus_, flabby, pendulous), soft and limber; flabby;
without firmness or elasticity.
FLAVES´CENT (_flavescens_, ppr. _flavescere_, become yellow, < _flavus_,
yellow), yellowish or turning yellow.
FLA´VOUS (_flavus_, golden-yellow, reddish-yellow), yellow.
FLESH, inner substance of a fungus-body as distinguished from the
cortical and hymenial layers.
FLESH-COLOR (_carneus_, _incarnatus_), a pinkish-color like that
observable in the cheeks of a person of fair complexion; carnation.
FLESH´Y, succulent; composed of juicy cellular tissue.
FLEX´UOSE, FLEX´UOUS (_flexuosus_, < _flexus_, a bending, winding),
wavy.
FLOC´CI (pl. of FLOC´CUS) (_floccus_, a lock of wool), woolly locks.
FLOC´COSE (_floccosus_, < _floccus_, a lock of wool), downy, woolly;
composed of or bearing flocci.
FLOC´CULOSE (_flocculosus_, < _flocculus_, dim. of _floccus_, a lock of
wool), covered with flocci; composed of or bearing minute flocci.
FOLIA´CEOUS (_foliaceus_, leafy, of leaves, < _folium_, a leaf),
leaf-like; bearing leaves.
FO´VEATE (_foveatus_, < _fovea_, a small pit, pitfall), marked with pits
or depressions.
FOV´EOLATE (_foveolatus_, < _foveola_, dim. of _fovea_, a small pit),
marked with minute pits or depressions.
FREE, said of gills which are not attached to the stem; said of any part
not attached to another; of spores not inclosed in a special envelope.
FRILL, same as ARMILLA.
FRONT, same as ANTERIOR.
FRINGE (_fimbria_, a border), a lacerated, marginal membrane.
FRUC´TIFICATION (_fructificare_, bear fruit), reproducing power of a
plant; fruiting; also the organs concerned.
FUGA´CIOUS (_fugar_, < _fugere_, flee), fleeting, transitory; falling or
fading early.
FU´GITIVE (_fugitivus_, fleeing away; a fugitive), quickly disappearing;
evanescent.
FULIGIN´EOUS, FULIG´INOUS (_fuliginosus_), sooty-brown or dark
smoke-color.
FULVES´CENT (_fulvescens_), inclining to a fulvous color.
FUL’VOUS (_fulvus_), a rather indefinite brownish-yellow or
yellowish-brown tint, like tanned leather; tawny.
FU´MOSE, FU´MOUS (_fumosus_, full of smoke, < _fumus_, smoke, steam),
smoke-colored, fuliginous.
FUN´GOID (_fungus_, mushroom, + _Gr_—form), of, or pertaining to fungi.
FUNGOL´OGY (_fungus_, mushroom, + _Gr_—speak), mycology.
FUN´GUS (pl. FUN´GI) (_fungus_, a mushroom), a thallophyte characterized
by the absence of chlorophyl and deriving its sustenance from living
or dead organic matter.
FUNIC´ULAR (_funiculus_, a small cord), having the character of a
funicle or small cord.
FUNIC´ULATE (_funiculus_, a small cord), having a funicle.
FUNIC´ULUS (_L._—a small rope), in Nidulariaceæ the cord of hyphæ
attaching a peridiolum to the inner wall of the peridium.
FUR´CATE (_furcatus_, < _furca_, a fork), forked.
FURFURA´CEOUS (_furfuraceus_, < _furfur_, bran), with branny scales or
scurf.
FUSCES´CENT (_fuscus_, dark, dusky, + escent), somewhat fuscous.
FUS´COUS (_fuscus_, dusky), brownish in color; brown or brown tinged
with gray; dingy, not pure.
FU´SIFORM, FU´SOID (_fusus_, a spindle; _forma_, form), spindle-shaped.
GAMOGEN´ESIS (_Gr_—marriage, + generation), sexual reproduction.
GAS´TEROMYCE´TES, GAS´TROMYCE´TES (_Gr_—stomach, + mushroom), a group of
Basidiomycetes in which the hymenium is enclosed in a sack-like
envelope called the peridium.
GELAT´INOUS (_gelatinosus_, < _gelatina_, gelatine), jelly-like.
GENER´IC (_genus_, race, sort), pertaining to, of the nature of, or
forming a mark of a genus; having the rank or classificatory value of
a genus.
GENET´IC (_Gr_—generation), of or pertaining to origin or mode of
production.
GE´NUS (pl. GEN´ERA) (_L._—race, birth, origin, kind), a group of
species having one or more characteristics in common; the union of
several genera presenting the same features constitute a tribe.
GIB´BOUS (_gibbus_, hump-backed), in the form of a swelling; of a pileus
_e. g._ which is more convex or tumid on one side than the other.
GILLS, the plates of an agaric on which the hymenium is situated; the
lamellæ.
GIL´VOUS, isabelline; color of sole-leather.
GLA´BROUS (_glaber_, smooth), smooth, devoid of pubescence; a surface
may be glabrous or smooth, and not even, or vice versa.
GLAIR (_clarus_, clear), any viscous transparent substance resembling
white of an egg.
GLANDS, GLAN´DULES (_glans_, an acorn, dim. _glandula_, a gland), moist
or sticky dots resembling the glands on the epidermis of phenogams.
GLAN´DULAR, bearing glands.
GLAUCES´CENT (_glaucescen(t-)s_, < _glaucus_, silvery, gleaming),
inclining to glaucous.
GLAU´COUS (_glaucus_, silvery, gleaming), covered with a whitish-green
bloom or very fine white powder easily rubbed off. Somewhat like that
of cabbage.
GLE´BA (_gleba_, a clod), in Gastromycetes, spore-bearing tissue
composed of chambers lined with the hymenium and enclosed by the
sack-like peridium, as in puff-balls, etc.; in phalloids the peridium
or volva ruptures and the gleba is carried up on the stem-like or
clathrate receptacle.
GLO´BOSE, GLOB´ULAR, GLOB´ULOSE (_globosus_, round as a ball), nearly
spherical.
GLU´TINOSE, _Glu´tinous_ (_glutinosus_, gluey, viscous, < _gluten_,
glue), covered with a sticky exudation; viscous; glue-like.
GONID´IUM (_Gr_—generation; seed), same as conidium; also preferably
applied to the algal element of lichens.
GRAN´ULAR, GRAN´ULATE, GRAN´ULOSE (_granula_, dim. of _granum_, grain),
covered with or composed of granules.
GRAN´ULE (_granula_, dim. of _granum_, grain), a little grain; a fine
particle; a sporule found in all cryptogamic plants.
GRAY (_griseus_; _cæsius_; _cinereus_; _canus_; _leucophæus_), a color
produced by the mixture of black and white. Various shades depending
upon varying relative proportions of the components.
GREAVED (_greve_, the shin-bone), of a stem clothed like a leg in armor.
GREGA´RIOUS (_gregarius_, of a flock), of mushrooms not solitary but
growing together in numbers in the same locality; in groups but not in
a tufted manner.
GRU´MOUS (_grumosus_, < _grumus_, a little heap), clotted; of flesh _e.
g._ composed of little clustered grains.
GUT´TATE (_guttatus_, < _gutta_, a tear), marked with tear-like spots or
drops.
GUTT´ULA (pl. GUTTULÆ) (dim. of _gutta_, a drop), a small drop or
drop-like particle; the oil-globule in some spores resembling a
nucleus.
GUTT´ULATE, finely guttate; also, containing or composed of fine drops
or drop-like particles; said of spores containing an oily nucleus-like
globule or guttula.
GYMNOCAR´POUS (_Gr_—naked, _Gr_—fruit), having the hymenium exposed when
the spores are maturing.
GY´RATE, GY´ROSE (_Gr_—a circle), circling in wavy folds; having folds
resembling the convolutions of the brain.
HAB´ITAT (_habitat_, it dwells), natural abode of a vegetable species.
HAUSTO´RIUM (pl. HAUSTO´RIA) (_haustor_, a drawer, < _haurire_, pp.
_haustus_, draw), special branch of filamentous mycelium, which serves
as an organ of adhesion and suction.
HEMIANGIOCAR´POUS (_hemi_, half, + _Gr_—a vessel, a case), partly
angiocarpous as those agarics where the hymenium is at first enclosed
by a veil or otherwise and later becomes exposed.
HEPAT´IC (_hepaticus_, of the liver), pertaining to the liver, hence
liver-colored; brownish-red.
HERBIC´OLOUS, growing on herbaceous plants.
HETEROGE´NEOUS (_Gr_—one of two), of a structure which is different from
adjacent ones.
HIBERNAC´ULUM (pl. HIBERNAC´ULA) (winter residence, < _hibernare_, pass
the winter), applied to bodies which are the forms in which certain
fungi (_e. g._ Typhulæ) pass the winter.
HIRSUTE´ (_hirsutus_, rough, shaggy, bristly), hairy with stiff hairs.
HIR´TO-VER´RUCOSE, bearing hairs grouped in wart-like masses.
HIS´PID (_hispidus_, rough, shaggy, bristly), having strong hairs or
bristles; bristly.
HOAR´Y, covered with short dense grayish-white hairs; canescent.
HOLO-, (_Gr_—entire, complete in all parts), a prefix signifying entire;
whole.
HOMOGE´NEOUS (_Gr_—one and the same, + kind), similar in structure; of
the same character.
HOST, the name given to any plant or animal supporting a parasitic
fungus.
HOMOL´OGOUS (_Gr_—agreeing, correspondent), having the same relative
position, proportion, value or structure; having correspondence or
likeness.
HU´MUS (earth, ground, soil), vegetable mold; woody fiber in a state of
decay.
HY´ALINE (_Gr_—clear), colorless; transparent; clear like glass.
HYGROMET´RIC (_Gr_—wet, moist, + a measure, + ic), readily absorbing and
retaining moisture.
HYGROPH´ANOUS (_Gr_—moist; _Gr_—to show), of a watery appearance when
moist and opaque when dry.
HYGROSCOP´IC, having the property of absorbing moisture from the
atmosphere; sensitive to moisture.
HYME´NIUM (_hymenial_, belonging to the hymenium; _Gr_—a membrane), the
fruit-bearing surface; _e. g._ covering intimately each side of the
gills of an Agaric.
HY´MENOMYCE´TES (_Gr_—a mushroom, + _Gr_—a membrane), a group of
Basidiomycetes having the hymenium on the free, exposed surface of the
sporophore.
HY´MENOPHORE, HYMENOPH´ORUM (_Gr_—a membrane, + to bear), the structure
which bears the hymenium; in Agarics _e. g._ the under surface of the
pileus to which the gills are attached.
HY´PHA (pl. HY´PHÆ), the elementary filament or thread of a fungus; a
cylindric thread-like branched body developing by apical growth, and
usually becoming transversely septate.
HY´PHAL, of or pertaining to the hypha.
HYPOCRATER´IFORM (_Gr_—the stand of a crater, + _forma_, form), having
the shape of a cylindrical cup the margin of which turns outward;
salver-shaped.
HYPOGÆ´OUS, HYPOGE´AL, HYPOGE´OUS (_hypogæous_, underground),
subterranean; forming below the surface of the ground.
HYPOG´ENOUS (_Gr_—under, + produced, + ous), growing on the under
surface.
HYPOPHYL´LOUS (_foltum_, a leaf, + ous), growing on the under side of a
leaf.
HYPOTHE´CIUM (_Gr_—under, a case), layer of hyphal tissue immediately
beneath a hymenium.
IDENTIFICATION, the determination of a genus and species to which a
given specimen belongs.
IM´BRICATE, IM´BRICATED (_imbricatus_, pp. of _imbricare_, cover with
gutter tiles; form like a gutter tile), to lay or lap one over
another, like shingles.
IMMAR´GINATE (_in_, negative; _marginatus_, marginate), without a
well-defined margin.
IMMERSED´ (_immersus_, pp. of _immergere_, dip or plunge into), sunk
into the matrix; originating beneath the surface of the matrix or of
the ground; growing wholly under water.
IMPER´FORATE (_in_, not, + _perforatus_, pp. of _perforare_, perforate),
without any aperture.
INCANES´CENT (_incanescen(t-)s_, ppr. of _incanescere_, become gray or
hoary), somewhat or slightly canescent.
INCAR´NATE (_in_, in, on, + _caro_ (_carn_), flesh), flesh-colored.
INCISED´ (_incisus_, pp. _incindere_, cut into), appearing as if cut
into; having marginal slits or notches.
INCRAS´SATED (_incrassatus_, pp. of _incrassare_, < _in_, in;
_crassare_, make thick), becoming thicker by degrees, swelling or
swollen.
INCRUS´TING (_incrustare_, cover with a rind or crust, < _in_, on, +
_crusta_, a crust), forming a crust-like coating.
INDEHIS´CENT, applied to a peridium which does not open spontaneously at
maturity; the spores within it becoming freed by its decay.
INDIF´FERENT, primitive, homogenous, not developed into parts or organs
of different structure or function.
INDIG´ENOUS (_indigena_, a native), native of a country.
INDIGO BLUE, a dark blue-color like the indigo of commerce.
IN´DURATED (_induratus_, pp. of _indurare_, harden, < _in_, in, +
_durare_, harden), hardened.
INDU´SIUM (_L._—a tunic, < _induere_, put on), in certain phalloids, an
appendage or veil hanging from the apex of the stem beneath the
pileus.
INFE´RIOR (_inferior_, lower), growing below some other part; of the
ring of an Agaric which is far down on the stem.
INFLA´TED, swollen like a bladder.
INFLEXED´ (_inflexus_, pp. _inflexere_, bent), bent inward.
INFUNDIB´ULIFORM (_infundibulum_, a funnel; _forma_, form),
funnel-shaped.
INHIBIT´ION (_inhibitio(n-)_, a restraining, < _inhibere_, restrain),
the lowering of the action of a nervous mechanism by nervous impulses
reaching it from a connected mechanism.
IN´NATE (_innatus_, pp. of _innasci_, < _in_, into; _nascor_, to be
born), originating within the substance of the plant or matrix;
appearing to be within or blending with the substance of a part.
INORGAN´IC, not produced by vital processes; not organic.
ISABELLA COLOR (_alutaceus_), a light grayish-cinnamon color, or light
buff-brown.
INSER´TED (_insertus_, pp. _inserere_, to insert), growing like a graft
from its stock; attached to or growing out of some other part.
INSITI´TIOUS (_insitio_, an ingrafting, < _inserere_, pp. _insitus_, sow
or plant, ingraft), inserted.
INTER- (_L._—in the midst, between, among, during), prefix signifying
“between” or “among” or “during.”
INTER´CALARY, INTER´CALATED (_intercalatus_, pp. of _intercalare_, <
_inter_, between, + _calare_, call), interposed; inserted between.
INTERCELL´ULAR (_inter_, between, + _cellula_, cellule, + ar), situated
between the cells.
INTERRUPT´ED, said of any surface or series the continuity of which is
broken.
INTER´STICES, spaces between any surfaces or things.
INTRA- (_intra_, within), prefix signifying “within.”
INTRACELL´ULAR, situated within a cell or cells.
INTRALAM´ELLAR, situated within or between the plates of the lamellæ
(gills).
INTRAVENAL (_intra_, within, + _vena_, vein), situated or occurring
within veins.
INTRODUCED´, applied to plants brought from another country and growing
spontaneously.
INTUMES´CENT (_intumescens_, ppr. of _intumescere_, swell up), swelling
up, becoming tumid.
INVAG´INATED (_in_, in, + _vagina_, a sheath), sheathed.
IN´VOLUTE (_involutus_, pp. _involvere_, to roll up), rolled inwards.
ISABEL´LINE, of the color of soiled linen or sole leather; alutaceous;
brownish-yellow, yellowish-gray.
LA´BIATE (_labiatus_, lipped, < _labium_, lip), said of an aperture with
distinct lip-like borders.
LABYRIN´THINE, LABYRIN´THIFORM (_labyrinthus_, labyrinth), characterized
by intricate and sinuous lines; like a labyrinth.
LAC´CATE (_laccatus_, < _lacca_, lac), as if varnished or covered with a
coat like sealing wax.
LAC´ERATE, LAC´ERATED, as if torn.
LACIN´IATE (_laciniatus_, < _lacinia_, a lappet), divided into flaps;
irregularly cut into jagged edges, more regular and larger than
fimbriate.
LACTES´CENT (_lactescere_, turn to milk), milk-bearing, provided with a
milky juice.
LACU´NA (pl. LACU´NÆ) (_lacuna_, a pit, hollow, cavity, etc.), a pit or
hollow, a gap; a vacancy caused by the admission, loss or obliteration
of something necessary to continuity or completeness.
LACU´NOSE, LACU´NOUS (_lacunosus_, full of hollows, < _lacuna_, a pit),
marked with small hollows, pitted; having or full of lac.
LAMEL´LA (pl. LAMEL´LÆ) (_lamella_, a thin piece of metal, wood), a gill
or gills of mushrooms, on which the hymenium is extended.
LA´NATE (_lanatus_, woolly, < _lana_, wool), woolly; covered with a
wool-like pubescence.
LAN´CEOLATE (_lanceolatus_, < _lanceola_, a little spear), lance-shaped;
tapering to both ends.
LAT´ERAL, attached to or by one side.
LATERIC´EOUS, LATERIT´IOUS (_latericeus_, _lateritius_, consisting of
bricks, < _later_, a brick), brick-colored.
LA´TEX (_latex_, liquid; _ferre_, bear), thick milky juice.
LATICIF´EROUS (_latex_, liquid, + _ferre_, bear), applied to the tubes
containing latex, as in the Lactarii.
LAT´TICED, formed by interlacing and crossing lines or columns which
leave open spaces between.
LAVENDER (_lavendulaceus_), a very pale purplish color, paler and more
delicate than lilac.
LAX (_laxus_, loose, slack), not compact, limber, flaccid.
LEAD-COLOR (_plumbeus_), same as PLUMBEOUS.
LEMON-YELLOW (_citreus_, _citrinus_), a very pure light-yellow color,
much like gamboge, but purer and richer.
LENTIC´ULAR, LEN´TIFORM (_lenticularis_, lentil-shaped, < _lenticula_, a
lentil), shaped like a double convex lens; lentil-shaped.
LEP´IDOTE (_Gr_—scaly), scurfy with minute scales.
LEUCOS´PORÆ (_Gr_—white; _Gr_—seed), a group of fungi having white
spores, hence _leucospore_, a white spore; _leucosporous_, having
spores of a white color.
LEV´IGATE (_levigatus_, pp. of _levigare_, make smooth), having a
polished surface.
LIG´NATILE (_lignatilis_, < _lignum_, wood), growing on wood.
LIG´NEOUS (_ligneus_, wooden), of woody texture.
LIG´ULATE (_ligula_, a tongue, strap, etc., + ate), strap-shaped,
flattened like a strap.
LILAC, LILACEOUS (_lilacinus_, _lilaceus_), a light-purple color, like
the flowers of the lilac.
LIN´EAR (_linearis_, < _linea_, a line), narrow and straight, slender.
LING´UIFORM, LING´ULATE (_lingua_, tongue), tongue-shaped.
LIVID (_lividus_, black-and-blue), bluish-black, like the black and blue
of a bruise.
LOBED, LO´BATE (_Gr_—the lobe of an ear), having divisions which are
large and rounded.
LOB´ULATE, having small lobes.
LOC´ULAR, LOC´ULATE, LOC´ULOSE, LOC´ULOUS (_loculus_, a box, cell),
divided by internal partitions into loculi or cells.
LOC´ULUS (pl. LOC´ULI), a little chamber or cell.
LU´CID (_lucidus_, light, bright, clear), clear, transparent, bright.
LU´MEN (_lumen_, a window-light), the internal cavity or spaces in a
cell or any tubular organ.
LU´RID (_luridus_, pale-yellow, wan, etc.), a color between purple,
yellow and gray; livid.
LU´TEOUS (_luteus_), yellowish; more or less like buff or clay color.
LUTES´CENT (_lutescen(t-)s_, ppr. of _lutescere_, turn to mud, <
_lutum_, mud), yellowish.
MACRO- (_Gr_—long), in composition “large” or “long.”
MAC´ULATE, MAC´ULAR, MAC´ULOSE (_maculatus_, pp. of _maculare_, spot,
speckle), spotted.
MAM´MIFORM (_mamma_, a breast; _forma_, form), breast-shaped; mastoid;
teat-like.
MAR´GINAL VEIL, a horizontal membrane extending from the margin of the
pileus to the stem; found in Hymenomycetes.
MAR´GINATE, having a well-defined border.
MAROON (_atro-purpureus_, _atro-coccineus_), a rich brownish-crimson,
nearly like the pigment called purple madder; claret color.
MA´TRIX (_matrix_, a womb), the substance upon or in which a fungus
grows.
MAUVE (_malvaceus_, _malvinus_), a light tint of violet. (Aniline violet
+ white.)
MEDIAL (_medialis_, < _medius_, the middle), applied to ring when
situated about at the middle of stem.
MEDUL´LA (_medulla_, marrow, pith, kernel, < _medius_, middle), pith,
marrow, kernel; inner substance as distinguished from outer or
cortical layer or layers.
MED´ULLARY, composed of or pertaining to a medulla.
MEGA- (_Gr_—great, large), prefix signifying “great.”
MELANOS´PORÆ (_Gr_—black, —seed), a group of fungi having black spores.
MEMBRANA´CEOUS (_membranaceus_, of skin or membrane, < _membrana_, skin,
membrane), pertaining to, or of the nature of, skin, membrane;
membranaceous; thin, rather soft and pliable.
MERIS´MOID (_merisma_, from _Gr_—to divide, + —form), applied to pileus
which is subdivided into many smaller pilei; resembling a Merisma;
having a branched or laciniate pileus.
MES´OPOD (_Gr_—middle, + —foot), plant having a central stem.
MICA´CEOUS (_micaceus_, < _mica_, mica), covered with glistening
mica-like particles.
MI´CRON, MI´KRON, [Greek: m];, microscopic unit of measure; 1⁄1000 of a
millimeter; nearly .00004 inch; to convert inches to microns,
approximately, divide by .00004; represented by the Greek letter
[Greek: m], following the number.
MILLIMETER, MM. (_mille_, a thousand, + meter), the thousandth part of a
meter, equal to 0.03937 inch or nearly, 1⁄25 inch. It is denoted by
mm., as 25.4 mm. is 1 inch.
MIN´IATE (_miniatus_, pp. of _miniare_, color with red lead, < _minium_,
red lead), vermilion-colored; of a bright, vivid red color.
MI´TRATE, MIT´RIFORM (_mitra_, a miter), miter-shaped, bonnet-shaped.
MOLD, MOULD, fine soft earth; a general term to describe certain fungus
growths of a low type.
MONIL´IFORM (_monile_, necklace; _forma_, form), contracted at intervals
in the length like a string of beads.
MONOS´TICHOUS (_Gr_—single, + —a line), arranged in one row.
MON´STROUS, of unnatural formation; deviating greatly from the natural
form or structure (has no reference to size).
MORPHOLOG´IC, MORPHOLOG´ICAL, of or pertaining to morphology.
MORPHOL´OGY (_Gr_—form, + —speak), the science of organic form; the
science of of outer form and internal structure.
MOTHER-CELL, a cell from which another is derived.
MOUSE-GRAY (_murino-griseus_; _murinus_). (Lamp-black + white + sepia.)
MOV´ABLE, applied to a ring which has separated from the stem and can be
moved up and down.
MUCED´INOUS (_mucedo_, mucus), having the character of or resembling
mold or mildew.
MU´CID (_mucidus_, moldy, < _mucere_, be moldy or musty, < _mucus_,
mucus), musty, moldy, slimy.
MUCILAG´INOUS (_mucilago_, a moldy, musty juice, + ous), slimy, ropy,
slightly viscid, soft, moist.
MU´COUS (_mucosus_, slimy, < _mucus_, slime), pertaining to mucus, or
resembling it; slimy, ropy, lubricous.
MU´CRO (_L._—a sharp point, esp. of a sword), a short and abrupt point
of a leaf or other organ.
MU´CRONATE (_mucronatus_, pointed, < _mucro_, a sharp point), tipped
with an abrupt, sharp short point.
MULTI- (_multus_, much, many), in composition “many.”
MUL´TIFID (_multifidus_, many-cleft), having many divisions.
MULTIPAR´TITE (_multipartitus_, much divided), divided into many parts.
MULTISEP´TATE (as if _multiseptatus_, < _multus_, many, + _septum_, a
partition), divided by many partitions.
MU´RICATE (_muricatus_, pointed), rough with short hard points.
MURIC´ULATE (_muriculatus_, dim. of _muricatus_, pointed), finely
muricate.
MU´RIFORM (_murus_, wall, + _forma_, shape), resembling the arrangement
of the bricks in the walls of a house; said of spores having septa at
right angles to each other.
MU´RINE, MU´RINOUS (_murinus_, of a mouse), mouse-colored.
MUSH´ROOM, a cryptogamic plant of the class fungi: applied in a general
sense to almost any of the larger, conspicuous fungi, such as
toadstools, puff-balls, hydnei, etc., but more particularly to the
agaricoid fungi and especially to the edible forms.
MU´TUALISM, symbiosis of two organisms living together and mutually
helping and supporting each other.
MYC, MYCET, MYCETO, MYCO, prefix signifying “fungus.”
MYCE´LIAL, of or pertaining to mycelium.
MYCE´LIUM (_Gr_—a fungus, + an excrescence), spawn of fungi resulting
from the germination of spores; in agarics _e. g._ forming root-like
threads; the weft of threads from which the mushroom arises.
MYCE´LIOID, like mycelium.
MYC´ELOID, like a fungus.
MYCETOL´OGY (_Gr_—a fungus, + —speak), mycology.
MYCOLOG´ICAL, relating to fungi.
MYCOL´OGIST, one who is versed in mycology.
MYCOL´OGY (_Gr_—a fungus, + —speak), the science of fungi, their
structure, classification, etc.
MYCOPH´AGIST, one who eats fungi.
MYCOPH´AGY (_Gr_—a fungus, + —eat), the eating of fungi.
NA´KED, bare; without covering of any kind, as of an enveloping
membrane, pruinose, farinaceous or furfuraceous particles, tomentum,
fragments of volva or veil, etc.
NAP´IFORM (_napus_, a turnip, + _forma_, form), turnip-shaped.
NARROW, of a very slight vertical width.
NAS´CENT (_nascen(t)s_, ppr. of _nasci_, be born), in the earliest
rudimentary condition; beginning to exist or to grow.