Part 9

Amphigenous, when the hymenium is not restricted to a particular surface.

Analogy, superficial or general resemblance without structural agreement.

Anastomosing, branching, joining of one vein with another.

Annular, ring-shaped.

Annulate, having a ring.

Annulus, ring round the stem of agarics.

Apex, in mushrooms the extremity of the stem nearest the gill.

Apical, close to the apex.

Apiculate, terminating in a small point.

Appendiculate, hanging in small fragments.

Approximate, of gills which approach the stem but do not reach it.

Arachnoid, cobweb-like.

Arboreal, arboricle, tree-inhabiting.

Arcuate, bow-shaped.

Areolate, divided into little areas or patches.

Argillaceous, clayey, like clay.

Ascending, directed upward.

Asci, ascidia, spore-cases of certain mushrooms.

Attenuated, tapering gradually to a point upward or downward.

Band, a broad bar of color.

Banded, marked with bands.

Barbed, furnished with fibrils or hairs.

Basidia, cellular processes of certain mushroom-bearing spores.

Bibliography, condensed history of the literature of a subject.

Bifurcated, divided into two, as in the gills of certain agarics.

Booted, applied to the stem of a mushroom when inclosed in a sheath or volva.

Boss, a knob or short rounded protuberance.

Bossed, bullate, furnished with a boss or knob.