indigenous.
NAVIC´ULAR, NAVICULOID (_navicula_, a small ship or boat), boat-shaped;
scaphoid.
NETTED, covered with projecting, reticulated lines.
NIGRES´CENT, NIG´RICANT (_nigrescen(t-)s_, ppr. of _nigrescere_, become
black, grow dark), becoming black, also blackish, dusky, fuscous.
NIT´ID, NIT´IDUS (_nitidus_, shining, bright, < _nitere_, to shine),
lustrous, shining, polished.
NI´VEOUS (_niveus_, snowy, < _nix_, snow), snow-white.
NOD´ULE (_nodulus_, a little knot, dim. of _nodus_, a knot), a little
knot or lump.
NOD´ULOSE, NOD´ULOUS (_nodulosus_, < _nodulus_, a little knot), having
little swellings, knotty.
NON-, not; prefix giving a negative sense to words.
NU´CLEATE, NU´CLEATED (_nucleatus_, having a kernel), having a nucleus
or nuclei.
NUCLE´OLUS (pl. NUCLEI) (_nucleolus_, dim. of _nucleus_, a little nut),
sharply defined point often seen in the nucleus.
NU´CLEUS (pl. NU´CLEI) (_nucleus_, a little nut, kernel, stone of a
fruit); the central, highly differentiated mass of protoplasm in a
spore or other cells of a fungus, controlling cell division and
reproduction, functionally the most important portion of a cell, for
in it the process of cell division begins; sometimes improperly
applied to the oil globules or guttulæ and the vacuoles within some
spores.
OB-, in composition “inversely.”
OBCLA´VATE (as if _obclavatus_, < _ob_, from; _clava_, a club),
inversely club-shaped.
OBCON´IC, OBCON´ICAL (_ob_; _conus_, a cone), inversely conical.
OBCOR´DATE (_ob_; _cordatus_, heart-shaped), like an inverted heart.
OBESE´ (_obesus_, fat), stout, plump.
OB´LIGATE-PARASITE, can only grow as a parasite; see facultative
parasite.
OB´LIGATE-SAPROPHYTE, can only grow as a saprophyte. See FACULTATIVE
SAPROPHYTE.
OB´LONG, two or three times longer than broad, with nearly parallel
sides.
OBO´VATE, inversely ovate, having the broad end upward or toward the
apex.
OBPYR´IFORM (_ob_ + _pyriform_, pear-shaped), inversely pear-shaped.
OB´SOLETE, indistinct, very imperfectly developed; hardly perceptible.
OBTUSE´, blunt or rounded.
OCHRA´CEOUS, O´CHEROUS, O´CHREOUS, O´CHROID, O´CHRY, O´CHROUS, O´CHERY
(_ochre_, ocher, + aceous), ocher-yellow; brownish-yellow.
OCHRA´CEOUS-RUFOUS (_ochraceo-rufus_). (Yellow ocher + burnt sienna +
light red.)
OCHRE YELLOW (_ochraceo-flavus_). The color of the pigment called yellow
ocher.
OCHROS´PORÆ (_Gr_—pale yellow), a group of fungi having ocher or
brown-colored spores.
OLEAG´INOUS (_oleum_, oil), oily or oil-like.
OLIVA´CEOUS, OLIVE (_olivaceus_, _olivinus_), a greenish-brown color
like that of olives (Sepia + light zinnober-green.)
OLIVE-BUFF (_olivaceo-luteus_). (Yellow ocher + cobalt-blue + white.)
OLIVE-GREEN (_olivaceo-viridis_), a peculiar color, produced by the
mixture of yellow and gray, resulting in a tint somewhat between olive
and dull yellowish-green.
OLIVE-YELLOW (_olivaceo-flavus_). (Light-cadmium + black + white.)
OPAQUE´, OPAKE´, mostly used in the sense of dull, not shining.
OPER´CULUM (_operculum_, a lid, cover, < _operire_, cover, shut,
conceal), a lid-like cover.
ORANGE (_aurantius_), a deep reddish-yellow like the rind of an orange.
ORANGE-RUFOUS (_aurantio-rufus_). (Neutral-orange or cadmium-orange +
light-red.)
ORANGE-YELLOW (_aurantio-flavus_), a color intermediate between orange
and yellow.
ORBIC´ULAR (_orbicularis_, < _orbiculus_, a little disk), having the
form of an orb; having the shape of a flat body nearly circular in
outline.
ORDER, the most important unit of classification above the genus.
ORGAN´IC, pertaining to either living or dead animal or vegetable
organism.
OS´MOSE (_osmosis_, thrust, push, impel), the impulse or tendency of
fluids to pass through membranes and mix or become diffused through
each other.
OSMO´SIS (_Gr_—impulsion, pushing), the diffusion of fluids through
membranes; see osmose.
OSMOT´IC, of or pertaining to or characterized by osmose.
OS´TIOLE, OSTI´OLUM (_ostiolum_, a little door), mouth of the
perithecium; orifice through which the spores are discharged.
O´VATE (_ovatus_, egg-shaped), egg-shaped; having a figure the shape of
a longitudinal section of an egg.
O´VOID (_ovum_, egg, + _Gr_—form), egg-shaped; used to describe solids.
PALES´CENT, inclining to paleness; becoming pallid.
PAL´LID, pale, undecided color.
PAL´UDINE, PALU´DINOUS, PAL´UDOSE, PALUS´TRINE (_palus_ (_palud-_), a
swamp), growing in marshes or swamps.
PAPIL´IONA´CEOUS (_papilio(n-)_, butterfly), variegated; mottled; marked
with different colors; as the lamellæ of some species of Panæolus
mottled with black spores.
PAPIL´LA (pl. PAPIL´LÆ) (_papilla_, a nipple, a teat, also a bud,
pimple, dim. of _papula_, a pustule), a small nipple-shaped elevation.
PAP´ILLATE (_papillatus_, < _papilla_, a nipple), furnished with one or
more nipple-like elevations.
PAPIL´LIFORM, PAPIL´LÆFORM, shaped like a papilla.
PAPYRA´CEOUS (_papyraceus_, < _papyrus_, paper), parchment; resembling
the material covering a hornet’s nest; pergamentous.
PARAPH´YSIS (pl. PARAPH´YSES) (_Gr_—an off-shoot), slender, thread-like
bodies growing with the asci; sterile cells usually club-shaped found
with the reproductive cells of some plants.
PAR´ASITE (_Gr_—one who eats at another’s table, a guest), a plant
growing on or in another living body from which it derives all or part
of its nourishment.
PARASIT´IC, growing on and deriving support from another plant.
PAREN´CHYMA (_Gr_—the peculiar tissue of the lungs, liver, kidney and
spleen), the fundamental cellular tissue of plants composed of thin
walled, approximately isodiametric cells; absent in fungi. See
PSEUDOPARENCHYMA and PROSENCHYMA.
PARENCHYM´ATOUS, pertaining to, containing, consisting of or resembling
parenchyma.
PA´RIES (pl. PARI´ETIES), wall of a cavity or capsule.
PARI´ETAL (_parietalis_, belonging to walls, < _paries_ (_pariet-_), a
wall), pertaining to or arising from a wall.
PAR´TIAL (_partialis_, divisible, solitary, < _pars_, a part),
secondary; of a veil clothing the stem and reaching to the edge of the
pileus, but not extending beyond it; marginal.
PAT´ELLATE (_patella_, a small pan or dish, a plate), shaped like a
dish.
PATELL´IFORM (_patella_, a pan, dish; _forma_, form), having the shape
of a patella or knee pan.
PATENT (_paten(t)s_, ppr. _patere_, lie open), spreading, diverging
widely.
PEA GREEN, a pale, dull green color like the color of green pea pods.
PEARL BLUE, a very pale, purplish-blue color.
PEARL GRAY (_margaritaceus_), a very pale, delicate, blue-gray color.
PEC´TINATE (_pectinatus_, comb-like, pp. _pectinare_, < _pecten_, a
comb), with narrow teeth, arranged as in a comb.
PED´ICEL (_pediculus_, a little foot), foot stalk; any short, very
small, stem-like stalk.
PED´ICELLATE (_pedicellus_, dim. of _pediculus_, a little foot), having
a pedicel or little foot stalk.
PEL´LICLE (_pellicula_, a small skin, dim. of _pellis_, skin), a little
or thin skin, a cuticle; same as cortical layer and cuticle.
PELLIC´ULOSE (_pelliculosus_, < _pellicula_, dim. of _pellis_, skin),
furnished with a pellicle or distinct skin.
PELLU´CID (_pellucidus_, _perlucidus_, transparent, < _pellucere_,
_perlucere_, shine through, be transparent), admitting the passage of
light, transparent, translucent.
PEL´TATE (_peltatus_, armed with a light shield, < _pelta_, a light
shield), formed like a shield and fixed to the stalk by the center, or
by some point distinctly within the margin.
PEN´CILED (_pencillum_, a painter’s brush), marked with fine lines; with
pencil-like hairs either on the tip or border.
PEN´DULOUS, hanging down.
PEN´ICILLATE (_penicillus_, a pencil), pencil-shaped; having a tuft of
short hairs resembling a camel’s-hair brush.
PEREN´NIAL (_perennis_, lasting the year through, < _per_, through, +
_annus_, year), continuing growth from year to year.
PERGAME´NEOUS (_pergamena_, parchment, + eous), like parchment.
PERICLI´NAL (_Gr_—sloping on all sides + al), said of wall cells or any
lines when parallel with the outer surface.
PERIDI´OLUM (dim. of peridium), a secondary or interior peridium
containing a hymenium.
PERID´IUM (pl. PERID´IA) (_Gr_—a pouch, wallet), the outer enveloping
coat of the sporophore in angiocarpous fungi, as in puff-balls.
PERIPH´ERAL, of, belonging to or situated on the periphery.
PERIPH´ERY (_peripheria_, the line around a circle, circumference, part
of a circle), the exterior surface of any body.
PER´ISTOME (_peristomium_, around a mouth), toothed or variously shaped
ring around the mouth or orifice for discharge of spores in a
peridium.
PERITHE´CIUM (pl. PERITHE´CIA) (_Gr_—a lid), cup-shaped ascocarp with
the margin incurved so as to form a narrow, mouthed cavity; the case
or hollow shell which contains the spores.
PER´ONATE (_peronatus_, < _pero_, a kind of high boot), sheathed,
booted; said of the stem when it has a boot-like or stocking-like
covering.
PERSIS´TENT, enduring, continuing without withering, decaying or falling
off.
PER´SONATE (_personatus_, masked, < _persona_, mask), masked or
disguised in any way.
PER´VIOUS (_pervius_, passable; < _per_, through; _via_, a way), having
an open tube-like passage.
PEZI´ZOID, resembling a Peziza.
PI´LEATE (_pileatus_, capped, bonneted), having a cap or pileus.
PILE´OLUS (pl. PILEOLI) (_pileolus_, dim. of _pileus_, a hat), secondary
pileus, arising from the division of a primary pileus; a little
pileus.
PI´LEUS (pl. PI´LEI) (_pileus_, a hat), a part of the receptacle of a
fungus, _e. g._ the cap-like heads of agarics; it may be stipitate,
sessile, dimidiate, regular or irregular in form.
PILIF´EROUS, PILIG´EROUS, PI´LOSE, PI´LOUS (_pilus_, hair, + _ferre_,
bear), covered with hair, especially with fine or soft hair.
PI´LOSE (_pilosus_, < _pilus_, a hair), covered with hairs; furry.
PINK (_caryophyllaceus_), a dilute, rose-red color.
PINKISH-BUFF (_caryophyllaceo-luteus_). (Yellow-ocher + light-red +
white.)
PINKISH-VINACEOUS (_caryophyllaceo-vinaceus_). (Indian-red + white.)
PIP-SHAPED, the shape of an apple seed.
PI´SIFORM (_pisum_, a pea, + _forma_, form), pea-shaped.
PITH (pit, marrow, kernel), central stuffing in some stems.
PITS (_puteus_, a well, a pit), depressions in tubes or cells resembling
pores; applied also to hollow depressions in the surface of the cap of
the Morell.
PIT´TED, covered with pits or small depressions.
PLACEN´TIFORM (_placenta_, placenta, + _forma_, form), in the form of a
thickened circular disk depressed in the middle, both above and below.
PLANE, having a flat surface.
PLI´CATE (_plicatus_, fold, bend), folded like a fan; plaited.
PLUM´BEOUS (_plumbeus_), a deep, bluish-gray color like tarnished lead;
lead-color. (Lamp-black + intense blue + white.)
PLU´MOSE, PLU´MOUS (_plumosus_, full of feathers or down), feathery or
feathered.
PLURI-, prefixed has the significance of “many.”
PNEUMOGAS´TRIC (_Gr_—lung, + —stomach), pertaining to the lungs and
stomach, or to the functions of respiration and digestion; in anatomy
noting several nervous structures.
POC´ULIFORM (_poculum_, cup, + _forma_, form), cup-shaped.
POLY-, a prefix meaning “many.”
POLYG´ONAL, having many angles.
POLYMOR´PHISM, POL´YMORPHY, existence in or exhibition by the same
species or group of different types of structure.
POLYMOR´PHOUS (_Gr_—multiform, manifold), varying much in appearance,
form or structure in the same species or group; characterized by
polymorphism.
POLYS´TICHOUS (_Gr_—many, +—row, line), arranged in many rows.
PORE (_porus_, a pore), in Pyrenomycetes same as ostiole; in
Hymenomycetes same as tubulus or tube, as the tubules of Polypores;
also the mouth of a tubulus.
PO´RIFORM (_porus_, a pore; _forma_, form), in the form of pores.
PO´ROSE, PO´ROUS (_porosus_, < _porus_, a pore), furnished with pores or
tubules; pierced with small holes.
PORPHYROS´PORE (_Gr_—purple, +—seed), a group of fungi having purple
spores.
PORRECT´ (_porrectus_, pp. of _porrigere_, stretch out before, reach
out, extend, < _por_, forth, + _regere_, stretch, direct), extended
forward; stretched forth horizontally.
POSTE´RIOR (_posterior_, compar. of _posterus_, coming after, etc.),
denotes a position or under side of the pileus adjacent to the stem;
the end of a lamella next the stem is the posterior end.
PREMORSE´ (_premorsus_, pp. of _premordere_, bite in front or at the
end), having the apex irregularly truncate as if bitten or broken off.
PRIMOR´DIAL (_primordium_, pl. _primordia_, origin, beginning), first
formed; existing from the beginning.
PRIMOR´DIUM (_L._—commonly in pl. _primordia_, the beginnings, <
_primus_, first, + _ordiri_, begin), first beginning of any structure.
PRIMROSE-YELLOW (_primulaceo-flavus_), a very delicate pale-yellow, of a
more creamy tint than sulphur-yellow. (Pale cadmium + white.)
PROC´ESS, an outgrowth or projection from a surface.
PROCUM´BENT (_procumben(t-)s_, ppr. of _procumbere_, fall forward or
prostrate, < _pro_, forward, + _cumbere_, _cubare_, lie), prostrate;
unable to support itself, therefore lying on the ground.
PROJEC´TING, the anterior end jutting out beyond the margin.
PROLIF´EROUS (_proles_, offspring; _fero_, to bear), applied to an organ
which gives rise to secondary ones of the same kind.
PRO´TEAN (_Gr_—the name of a sea-god), exceedingly variable; changeable
in form.
PRO´TEID, albuminoid.
PROTO- (_Gr_—first), an element in compound words of Greek origin
meaning “first” and denoting precedence in time, rank and degree.
PROTOBASID´IUM, basidium divided by transverse septa into four cells,
each giving rise to a spore from a laterally inserted sterigma, or a
basidium divided longitudinally by septa intersecting each other at
right angles into four cells terminating in a long, tubular sterigma.
=Pro´toplasm= (_Gr_—first, + anything formed or molded), the
nitrogenous fluid of variable composition found in living cells; it is
the vital substance into which all food is assimilated, and from which
all parts of the plant are formed.
PROX´IMAL (_proximus_, nearest), pertaining to the base or extremity of
attachment.
PRU´INATE, PRU´INOSE (as if _pruinatus_, _pruina_, hoar-frost), covered
with a bloom or powder so as to appear as if frosted.
PRUN´IFORM (_prunum_, a plum; _forma_, form), plum-shaped.
PSEUDO (_Gr_—false, counterfeit, etc.), prefix signifying “false” or
“spurious.”
PSEUDO-PAREN´CHYMA, a fungus tissue formed of closely woven and felted
hyphal threads, which on section has the appearance of the cellular
structure of true parenchyma.
PUBES´CENCE (pubescen(t-) + ce), general term to describe hairyness;
specifically covered with short, soft, downy hairs.
PUBES´CENT (_pubes_, of mature age), covered with soft, short hairs,
downy; hairy.
PULLULA´TION (_pullulare_, pp. _pullulatus_, pullulate), a mode of cell
multiplication in which a cell forms a protuberance on one side which
enlarges to size of parent cell and is cut-off from it by a dividing
wall; sprouting; budding.
PULVERA´CEOUS, PULVER´ULENT (_pulvis_ (_pulver_), dust, powder), covered
as if with powder or dust.
PUL´VINATE (_pulvinatus_, < _pulvinus_, a cushion), cushion-shaped.
PUNC´TATE (_punctatus_, < _punctus_, a point), dotted with points.
PUNC´TIFORM (_punctum_, point; _forma_, form), like a point or dot.
PUS´TULAR, PUS´TULATE (_pustulatus_, pp. of _pustulare_, to blister, <
_pustula_, a blister, pimple), having low elevations shaped like
blisters or pustules.
PUTRES´CENT, soon decaying.
PYR´IFORM (_pyrum_, a pear; _forma_, form), pear-shaped.
QUAD-, QUADRI- (_quadru_, four-cornered, square, fourfold, < _quattuor_,
four), prefix signifying “four.”
QUAD´RATE (_quadratus_, square, pp. of _quadrare_, make four-cornered,
square, < _quadra_, a square), square; sometimes used to mean “of four
equal parts.”
QUATER´NATE (_quaternatus_, < _quaterni_, four each), arranged in groups
of four.
RA´DIATE, RA´DIATING (_radiatus_, pp. of _radiare_, furnish with spokes,
give out rays, shine), arranged like the spokes of a wheel.
RAD´ICATING (_radicatus_, pp. of _radicare_, take root), rooting;
having root-like strands which penetrate the matrix.
RAD´ICLE (_radicula_, dim. of _radix_, a root), a rootlet.
RA´MEAL, RA´MEOUS (_rameus_, a branch), growing on twigs or branches.
RAMIC´ULOUS, growing on branches.
RAM´IFICATION (_ramificare_, ramify), branching, or the manner of
branching.
RAM´IFY (_ramus_, a branch, + _ficare_, < _facere_, make), to form
branches.
RA´MOSE, RA´MOUS (_ramosus_, full of branches), having many small
branches.
RECEP´TACLE, RECEPTAC´ULUM (_receptaculum_, place to receive things in),
a part of the mushroom extremely varied in form, consistency and size,
enclosing the organs of reproduction; usually implying a hollowed-out
body containing other bodies; same as STROMA; same as SPOROPHORE; in
Phalloids the stem, stem and pileus, or the clathrate body which
supports the gleba.
REFLEXED´, REFLEC´TED (_reflexus_, pp. of _reflectere_, reflect), turned
or bent back.
REMOTE´ (_remotus_, pp. _removere_, remove), of gills which do not reach
the stem, but leave a free space between them and it.
REN´IFORM (_ren_, the kidney; _forma_, form), kidney-shaped.
REPAND´ (_repandus_, bent backward), bent or turned up or back; having a
slightly undulating or sinuous margin.
REP´LICATE (_replicatus_, pp. of _replicare_, fold or bend back), folded
back upon itself as when the margin of a cup turns outward and
downward.
RESU´PINATE (_resupinatus_, pp. of _resupinare_, throw on the back),
attached to the matrix by the back, the hymenium facing outward; said
of fungi spread over the matrix without any stem and with the hymenium
upwards.
RETIC´ULATE, RE´TIFORM (_reticulatus_, < _reticulum_, a little net),
marked with crossed lines like the meshes of a net.
REV´OLUTE (_revolutus_, pp. of _revolvere_, revolved), rolled backwards
or upwards; of the margin of a pileus _e.g._ the opposite of involute.
RHI´ZINES, RHI´ZOIDS (_Gr_—root, +), delicate filiform hyphal branches
which serve to attach the sporophore to the substratum and supply
nourishment.
RI´MOSE, RI´MOUS (_rimosus_, _rima_, a crack), cracked, full of clefts.
RHI´ZOMORPHS (_Gr_—root, + _L._—_forma_, form), long, branching or
anastomosing, rigid, root-like cords of mycelium with a dark or black
exterior, often growing between the bark and timber or about and
penetrating the roots of dead and living trees, produced by Agaricus
melleus and various other fungi.
RHIZOMOR´PHOID (_Gr_—root, + form), root-like in form.
RHODOSPO´RÆ (_Gr_—rose, + seed), rose or pink spores.
RIM´ULOSE, RIM´ULOUS (_rimula_, a little crack), covered with small
cracks.
RIND, cortex; bark.
RING, a part of the veil adhering in the form of a ring to the stem of
an agaric; same as annulus.
RI´VOSE (_rivus_, a stream, channel, groove), marked with furrows which
do not run in parallel directions.
RIV´ULOSE (_rivulosus_, < _rivula_, a little stream), marked with lines
like rivulets.
ROOT´ING, same as radicating.
ROSACEOUS (_rosaceus_, _pallidoroseus_, _caryophyllaceus_), a very pure
purplish-pink color, like some varieties of roses.
ROSE-RED (_roseus_, _rosaceo-ruber_), the purest possible purplish-red
color.
ROS´TRATE (_rostratus_, having a beak, hook or crooked point, _rostrum_,
a beak), beaked; having a process resembling the beak of a bird.
ROTUND´, round or nearly so.
RUBES´CENT (_rubescents_, ppr. of _rubescere_, become red, < _rubere_,
be red), tending to a red-color.
RUBIG´INOUS (_rubiginosus_, < _rubigo_, rust), rust-colored.
RUFES´CENT (_rufescere_, to become reddish), tending to rufous or a dull
red color.
RUF´FLED, very strongly undulate.
RU´FOUS (_rufus_), a brownish-red color like the pigment called
Venetian-red, light red, Indian-red, red chalk, etc., which represents
various shades of rufous. The typical shade is light red.
RU´GOSE (_rugosus_, < _ruga_, a wrinkle), wrinkled.
RU´GULOSE (_rugula_, dim. of _ruga_, a wrinkle), minutely rugose.
RUN´CINATE (_runcina_, a plane), irregularly saw-toothed, the divisions
or teeth hooked backward.
RUSSET (_russatus_), a bright tawny-brown color with a tinge of rusty.
SAB´ULINE, SAB´ULOSE (_sabulum_, sand, + _ine_), growing in sandy
places.
SAC´CATE (_saccus_, a bag), in the form of a sack or pouch.
SAC´CHARINE (_saccharon_, sugar), of or resembling sugar, covered with
shining grains like those of sugar.
SAC´CULE, SAC´CULUS (_sacculus_, dim. of _saccus_, a bag), a small sack
or pouch.
SALMON-COLOR (_salmonaceus_) (_carneus_), a color intermediate between
flesh color and orange, like the flesh of the salmon. (Saturn red or
orange chrome + white.)
SANGUIN´EOUS (_sanguineus_, of blood, bloody), blood-colored; of a deep,
somewhat brownish-red color; like the color of clotted blood.
SAP´ID (_sapidus_, having taste, savory, < _sapere_, have a taste),
agreeable to the taste.
SAPROG´ENOUS (_Gr_—rotten, + _Gr_—producing), growing in decaying or
decomposing animal or vegetable matter.
SAP´ROPHYTE (_Gr_—rotten, + _Gr_—a plant), a plant that lives on
decaying vegetable or animal matter.
SAPROPHYT´IC, living upon and deriving its sustenance from dead organic
matter.
SCA´BRATE, SCA´BROUS (_scabrosus_, < _scaber_, rough), rough on the
surface; rugged.
SCALAR´IFORM (_scalaria_, a flight of steps; _forma_, form), in the form
of a ladder.
SCAPH´OID (_Gr_—like a bowl or boat, + _Gr_—form), boat-shaped.
SCA´RIOSE, SCA´RIOUS (_scariosus_, from _scaria_, a thorny shrub), thin,
dry, membranaceous; applied to a shriveled membrane.
SCIS´SILE (_scissilis_, to cleave), capable of being easily split or
cleft; said of gills which can easily be split into two plates.
SCLERIT´IC, SCLE´ROID, SCLE´ROSE, SCLE´ROSED (_Gr_—hard, rough, harsh),
having a hard texture.
SCLERO´TIOID (_Gr_—hard, + resemblance), in the form of a sclerotium; a
form assumed by the mycelium of certain fungi.
SCLERO´TIUM (pl. SCLEROTIA) (_Gr_—hard), hard, black, compact, mostly
tuber-like body, which is the resting stage of certain fungi, as in
Peziza tuberosa; it remains dormant for a time and then sends up
shoots, which develop into sporophores at the expense of the reserve
material.
SCROBIC´ULATE (_scrobiculatus_, < _scrobiculus_, dim. of _scrobis_, a
trench), marked with small pits; furrowed.
SCRUPOSE, rough with small irregular prominences.
SCU´TELLATE (_scutellatus_, < _scutella_, a salver, dish), shaped like a
plate or platter.
SECTION, a cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation, etc.
SEMI-, prefix meaning “half” or “partial.”
SEP´ARABLE (_separabilis_, that can be separated, < _separare_,
separate), capable of being detached.
SEP´ARATING, becoming detached, as lamellæ from the stem, or resupinate
fungi from the matrix.
SE´PIA, a deep, dark-brown color, with a little red in its composition.
The pigment called sepia is a carbonaceous matter, prepared from the
natural ink of a species of cuttle-fish.
SEP´TATE (_septum_, a fence), having partitions.
SEP´TUM (pl. SEPTA) (_septum_, a fence), partition.
SE´RIATE (_seriatus_, pp. of _seriare_, arrange in a series), arranged
in rows.
SERIC´EOUS (_sericum_, silk), silky.
SER´RATE (_serratus_, saw-shaped), having marginal teeth shaped like saw
teeth.
SER´RULATE (_serrulatus_, < _serrula_, dim. of _serra_, a saw), minutely
serrate.
SES´SILE (_sessilis_, < _sessus_, pp. _sedere_, sit), attached by the
base; having no stem or support.
SE´TA (pl. SE´TÆ) (_seta_, a bristle), a stiff-bristle-like hair.
SETA´CEOUS, SETIG´EROUS, SE´TOSE (_seta_, bristle), beset with bristles.