Lignicolous, living on wood or trees, [366].

Lirella, long narrow apothecium of Graphideae, [158].

Mazaedium, fructification of Coniocarpineae, the spores lying as a powdery mass in the capitulum, [176].

Medulla, the loose hyphal layer in the interior of the thallus, [88] et passim.

Meristematic, term applied by Wainio to growing hyphae, [48].

Microgonidia, term applied by Minks to minute greenish bodies in lichen hyphae, [26].

Multi-septate, term applied to spores with numerous transverse septa, [316 et seq.]

Murali-divided, Muriform, term applied to spores divided like the masonry of a wall, [187].

Oidium, reproductive cell formed by the breaking up of the hyphae, [189].

Oil-cell, hyphal cell containing fat globules, [215].