A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Foraminula, “the ostiolum of certain Fungals” (Lindley; Jackson): foraminulum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. foraminulo, nom. & acc. pl. foraminula [> L. dim. foramen,-inis (s.n.III), q.v.];

- (fungus) cortex nec celluloso-fibrosus est, nec foraminulosus [i.e. ostiolate], sed (nodulis sparsis , per venas subanastomosantibus, exceptis) laevis (S&A), the cortex [i.e. peridium] is neither cellulosely-fibrous, nor full of foraminules, but (with scattered nodules somewhat anastomosing through the veins excepted) smooth.

- [Marchantia] cujuslibet areolae cutis medio in vesiculam quasi elevata, atque elliptico foraminulo рerbelle perforata (Mich.), the areolae of any skin[i.e. epidermis] is somewhat elevated into a vesicle, and is perforated by a very pretty elliptic foraminules.

- Аgaricum igniarium [sic], Agarici officinalis facie, sed non amarum, superne ex albo cinereum, & glabrum, inferne primum ejusdem coloris, deinde obscurum, argutissime, & densissime perforatum, foraminulis rotundis (Mich.), Agaricum igniarium, with the appearance of Agaricum officinalis, but not bitter, above whitish ashy-gray, and glabrous, below at first of the same color, then obscure, very sharply and very densely perforated, with rounded foraminulae.

- [Agaricum flabelliforme] superne e rufo flavum, cute lacera, & veluti subhirsuta, inferne album, & tenuissime porosum, foraminulis rotundis, pediculo breviori ad latera donatum. “Lingua di Cerro’ ad Cerros, & ad alias glandiferas arbores erumpit (Mich.), above yellow from red [color], provided with with a lacerated skin [i.e. epidermis] and as if somewhat hairy, below white and very delicately porose, with the little holes [i.e. foramina or osteoles] round, with the pedicle shorter at the sides, “Lingua di Cerro’ [i.e. Oak’s-Tongue], it sprouts out on Oaks [Quercus cerris] and other nut-bearing trees.