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

Sca´brate, Sca´brous (scabrosus, < scaber, rough), rough on the surface; rugged.

Scalar´iform (scalaria, a flight of steps; forma, form), in the form of a ladder.

Scaph´oid (Gr—like a bowl or boat, + Gr—form), boat-shaped.

Sca´riose, Sca´rious (scariosus, from scaria, a thorny shrub), thin, dry, membranaceous; applied to a shriveled membrane.

Scis´sile (scissilis, to cleave), capable of being easily split or cleft; said of gills which can easily be split into two plates.

Sclerit´ic, Scle´roid, Scle´rose, Scle´rosed (Gr—hard, rough, harsh), having a hard texture.

Sclero´tioid (Gr—hard, + resemblance), in the form of a sclerotium; a form assumed by the mycelium of certain fungi.

Sclero´tium (pl. Sclerotia) (Gr—hard), hard, black, compact, mostly tuber-like body, which is the resting stage of certain fungi, as in Peziza tuberosa; it remains dormant for a time and then sends up shoots, which develop into sporophores at the expense of the reserve material.

Scrobic´ulate (scrobiculatus, < scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis, a trench), marked with small pits; furrowed.

Scrupose, rough with small irregular prominences.