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GLOSSARY.

Acrogenous , attached to the tips ofthe threads or their branchlets.

Adnate , firmly attached to the stem.

Adnexed , just reaching the stem.

Agglutinate , firmly glued to thematrix.

AmpkigenouSy when the hymeniumis not confined to a particularsurface.

Anastomosing , spoken of threadswhich become confluent with eachother, and form an irregular net-work.

Apices , tips of threads or their divi-sions.

Appendicutate , attached in fragmentsto the border of the pileus; some-times applied to spores or sp oriel iawhich have terminal appendages.

Approximate , approaching the stem,but not quite reaching it.

Arachnoid , delicate, like a spider’sweb.

Areolate , divided into little are®.

Aristate , bearded ; applied to sporesand sporidia.

Ascusy a delicate sac containing spo-ridia.

AstomouSy without any aperture.

Attenuated , spoken of gills which arc

gradually narrower at either ex-tremity.

Auriform , shaped like an ear.

By$$isedce y seated on fine, mattedthreads.

Byssoid, resembling fine, mattedthreads, which are often collectedin little bundles.

Ccespitose, growing in tufts.

Capillitium applies to the threadsof Puff-balls.

Carbonized , impregnated with darkmatter, so as to appear more orless charred.

Caulicol(By growing on herbaceousstems.

CeratostomcCy spoken of peritlxecia inwhich the neck is much elongated.

CircinatcBy disposed in a circle.

Circumscripta, surrounded by a thin,black crust, and, consequently,when the stroma is broken off, ablack ring is left on the matrix.

Concatenate , chained together.

Conchiform , shell-shaped.

Conglutinatey glued together, as whenthe spores are collected in littleheaps which do not easily breakup.

Conidia , dust-like secondary spores.