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"Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners"


Cla'vate. Club-shaped.
Close. Crowded together--term used in describing gills.
Cohe'rent. Sticking together.
Con'cave. Having a rounded inwardly curved surface.
Concen'tric. With a common centre, as a series of rings, one within the
other.
Con'nate. Growing together from the first.
Constric'ted. Contracted.
Contin'uous. Without interruption.
Convex. Elevated and regularly rounded.
Con'volute. Covered with irregularities on the surface, like the human
brain.
Coria'ceous. Leathery in texture.
Cor'rugated. Wrinkled.
Corti'na. A veil of cobwebby texture. It gives the name to the genus
Cortinarius.
Cre'nate. In wavy scallops.
Cu'ticle. Pellicle, a skin-like layer on the outside surface of the cap
and stem.
Cy'athiform. Cup-shaped.
Decid'uous. Falling off when mature at the end of the season.
Decur'rent. Gills that run down the stem are called decurrent.
Dehis'cence. The opening of a peridium, when ripe, to discharge the
spores.
Deliques'cent. Turning to liquid when mature.
Dichot'omous.


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