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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.
FIS´SURED (_fissura_, a cleft, chink, fissure), cleft or split.
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.