(i) On rotten fungi

(ii) Glossary of technical terms

Specialised colours are placed in capitals

Adnate (of the gills or tubes), broadly attached to the stem at least for one quarter of their length. See [p. 267].

Adnexed (of the gills or tubes), narrowly attached to the stem by less than one quarter of their length. See [p. 267].

Amygdaliform (of the spore), almond-shaped.

Amyloid (of the spore-walls, spore-ornamentation or hyphal walls), greyish or bluish or blackish violet in solutions containing iodine.

Apiculus (of the spore), the short peg-like structure at the basal end of the spore by which it is attached to the basidium. See [Fig. 5], [p. 15].