Saprophyte (of an organism), using dead material for active growth.
Scurfy (of the cap and stem surfaces), with small irregular loosely attached scales.
Sessile (of the fruit-bodies), lacking a stem.
Septate (of the structural units of the fruit-body), with cross-walls; septum—cross-wall.
Sinuate (of the gills), having a concave indentation of that part of the edge nearest the stem. See [Plate 32], [p. 111].
SNUFF-BROWN, a dull dark clay-brown said to resemble the colour of snuff.
Spore-print (or deposit), the mass of spores obtained by allowing the fruit-body to discharge its spores at maturity.
Stem (of the fruit-body), that structure which supports the cap (= stipe).
Sterile, a tissue or structure not involved in the reproductive process, or failing to take part.
Sterigma, the point-like structure at the apex of the basidium actually bearing the spores.