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

Tur´gid (turgidus, swollen, < turgere, swell out), thickened as if swollen; distended with liquid.

Tur´gor (turgere, swell), the state of being turgid; a state of distension and tension of plant cells and parts by reason of their fullness of liquid.

Type, a perfect specimen or individual exemplifying the essential characters of the species to which it belongs; the original specimen from which a species was described.

Typ´ical, agreeing closely with the characters assigned to a group or species.

Ulig´inose, Ulig´inous (uliginosus, full of moisture, damp, < uligo, moisture, marshiness), growing in marshes or swamps.

Ul´timate (ultimatus, farthest, last, pp. of ultimare, come to an end, < ultimus, last, finish), farthest, last.

Um´ber, Um´brinous (umbra, shade, shadow), the color of the pigment called raw umber.

Umbil´icate (umbilicatus, < umbilicus, navel), with a central depression or rounded pit; having a navel-like depression.

Umbili´cus (umbilicus, navel), a navel-like depression.

Umbo (boss of a shield), applied to the central elevation of the cap of some mushrooms.