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

Parasit´ic, growing on and deriving support from another plant.

Paren´chyma (Gr—the peculiar tissue of the lungs, liver, kidney and spleen), the fundamental cellular tissue of plants composed of thin walled, approximately isodiametric cells; absent in fungi. See Pseudoparenchyma and Prosenchyma.

Parenchym´atous, pertaining to, containing, consisting of or resembling parenchyma.

Pa´ries (pl. Pari´eties), wall of a cavity or capsule.

Pari´etal (parietalis, belonging to walls, < paries (pariet-), a wall), pertaining to or arising from a wall.

Par´tial (partialis, divisible, solitary, < pars, a part), secondary; of a veil clothing the stem and reaching to the edge of the pileus, but not extending beyond it; marginal.

Pat´ellate (patella, a small pan or dish, a plate), shaped like a dish.

Patell´iform (patella, a pan, dish; forma, form), having the shape of a patella or knee pan.

Patent (paten(t)s, ppr. patere, lie open), spreading, diverging widely.

Pea Green, a pale, dull green color like the color of green pea pods.