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

Hir´to-Ver´rucose, bearing hairs grouped in wart-like masses.

His´pid (hispidus, rough, shaggy, bristly), having strong hairs or bristles; bristly.

Hoar´y, covered with short dense grayish-white hairs; canescent.

Holo-, (Gr—entire, complete in all parts), a prefix signifying entire; whole.

Homoge´neous (Gr—one and the same, + kind), similar in structure; of the same character.

Host, the name given to any plant or animal supporting a parasitic fungus.

Homol´ogous (Gr—agreeing, correspondent), having the same relative position, proportion, value or structure; having correspondence or likeness.

Hu´mus (earth, ground, soil), vegetable mold; woody fiber in a state of decay.

Hy´aline (Gr—clear), colorless; transparent; clear like glass.

Hygromet´ric (Gr—wet, moist, + a measure, + ic), readily absorbing and retaining moisture.