Part 12

Disciform, of a circular, flat form.

Dissepiments, dividing walls.

Distant, applied to gills which have a wide distance between them.

Divaricate, separating at an obtuse angle.

Echinate, furnished with stiff bristles.

Echinulate, with minute bristles.

Effused, spread over without regular form.

Elongate, lengthened.

Emarginate, applied to gills which are notched or scooped out suddenly before they reach the stem.

Embryo, the mushroom before leaving its volva or egg stage; also any early stage of mushrooms which may have no volva.

Entire, the edge quite devoid of serrature or notch.

Epidermis, the external or outer layer of the plant.

Epiphytal, growing upon another plant.

Equal, all gills of the same, or nearly the same length from back to front.

Eroded, the edge ragged, as if torn.

Etiolated, whitened, bleached.

Even, distinguished from smooth: a surface quite plane as contrasted with one which is striate, pitted, etc.

Excentric, out of center. The stems of some mushrooms are always excentric.

Exotic, foreign.

Family, a systematic group in scientific classification embracing a greater or less number of genera which agree in certain characters not shared by others of the same order.

Farinaceous, mealy.

Farinose, covered with a white, mealy powder.

Fascia, a band or bar.

Fasciate, zoned with bands.

Fasciculate, growing in small bundles.

Fastigiate, bundled together like a sheath.

Favose, honeycombed.

Ferruginous, rust-colored.