Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi / How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

by Charles McIlvaine; Robert K. Macadam

Divar´icate (divaricatus, pp. divaricare, spread asunder), separating at an obtuse angle; diverging widely.

Dor´sal (dorsalis, < dorsum, the back), pertaining to the back, literally on the upper side.

Down, fine, soft pubescence.

E or Ex-, prefix signifying “destitute of,” “outside of,” or “away from.”

Ebe´neous (ebeneus, of ebony, < ebenus, ebony), black like ebony.

Ebur´neous (eburneus, of ivory, < ebur, ivory), ivory-white.

Eccen´tric (Gr—out of the center), excentric.

Ech´inate (echinatus, set with bristles, prickly), furnished with stiff bristles.

Echin´ulate (echinulus, dim. of echinus, a hedgehog), beset with short bristles.

Ecto- (Gr—without, outside), prefix signifying “outside.”