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Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papillæ (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

y complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter. Fuzz ball, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.

The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]

The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

ew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.

The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. -- My*ce"li*al, a.

The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.

ing. Pixy ring, a fairy ring or circle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Pixy stool (Bot.), a toadstool or mushroom. [Prov. Eng.]

ns taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. Mushet.

latinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum. -- Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder, brought from Germany. -- Sheep's-wool sponge,…

The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also sepawn, sepon, and suppawn.] [Local, U.S.]

A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.