CONTINUATION OF GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN DESCRIBING MUSHROOMS. _Maculate_, spotted. _Marginate_, having a distinct border. _Matrix_, the substance upon which a mushroom grows. _Medial_, at the middle; of the ring of a mushroom which is between superior or near the apex of the stem, and distant or far removed from the apex. _Merismoid_, having a branched or laciniate pileus. _Moniliform_, contracted at intervals in the length, like a string of beads. _Multifid_, having many divisions. _Multipartite_, divided into many parts. _Mycelium_, the delicate threads proceeding from the germinating spores, usually white and popularly termed spawn. _Narrow_, of very slight vertical width. _Netted_, covered with projecting reticulated lines. _Nucleus_, the reproductive germ in the spore. _Obconic_, inversely conical. _Obcordate_, like an inverted heart. _Oblique_, slanting. _Oblong_, longer than broad. _Obovate_, inversely egg-shaped, broadest at the apex. _Obtuse_, blunt or rounded. _Ochrospore_, ochre-colored spore. _Orbicular_, having the form of an orb. _Order_, group of a classification intermediate between tribe and family. _Ostiole_, _ostiolum_, mouth of the perithecium; orifice through which the spores are discharged. _Ovate_, egg-shaped. _Pallid_, pale, undecided color. _Papillate_, _papillose_, covered with soft tubercles. _Paraphyses_, sterile cells found with the reproductive cells of some plants. _Parasitic_, growing on and deriving support from another plant. _Partial_, of a veil clothing the stem and reaching to the edge of the cap but not extending beyond it. _Patent_, spreading. _Pectinate_, toothed like a comb. _Pedicel_, foot-stock. _Pedicillate_, having a pedicel. _Pelliculose_, furnished with a pellicle or distinct skin. _Penciled_, with pencil-like hairs either on the tip or border. _Peridium_, general covering of a puff-ball, simple or double, dehiscent or indehiscent at maturity. _Perithecia_, bottle-like receptacles containing asci. _Peronate_, used when the stem has a distinct stocking-like coat. _Persistent_, inclined to hold firm, tenacious. _Pervious_, forming an open tube-like passage. _Pileate_, having a cap. _Pileoli_, secondary pilei; arising from a division of the primary pileus. _Pileus_, the cap, receptacle, or one part of a mushroom; other parts are the stem and gills. _Pilose_, covered with hairs. _Pits_, depressions in cells or tubes resembling pores, applied also to hollow depressions in the surface of the cap of the morel. _Plumose_, feathery. _Pore_, orifice of the tubes of polypores. _Poriform_, in the form of pores. _Porous_, having pores. _Powdery_, covered with bloom or powder. _Projecting_, the anterior end jutting out beyond the margin. _Proliferous_, applied to an organ which gives rise to secondary ones of the same kind. _Pruinose_, covered with frost-like bloom. _Pruniform_, plum-shaped. _Pubescent_, downy. _Pulverulent_, covered with dust.