A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

gelatinosus,-a,-um (adj.A): gelatinous, jelly-like in texture; “having the consistence or appearance of jelly” (Jackson): gelineus,-a,-um (adj.A), gelatinus,-a,-um (adj.A), gelatinosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see mucilaginous, ‘slimy or mucilage-like;’ cf. mucilaginous,-a,-um (adj.A), mucosus,-s,-um (adj.A);

tremelloideus,-a,-um (adj.A), tremellosus, -a,-um (adj.A) refer to the jelly fungi or Tremellales, all of which have gelatinous flesh and fruiting bodies; see Tremella,-ae (s.f.I), hence tremelline, tremellose; see tremelloideus,-a,-um (adj.A).

- vagina,-ae (s.f.I) gelatinosa, gelatinous sheath.

- corpus,-oris (s.n.III) gelatinosum, gelatinous body.

- pileus in statu madido sublubricus vel gelatinosus, pileus in moist state slightly lubricous or gelatinous.

- basidiomata quum recentia textura succulenta vel gelatinosus, basidiomes when fresh with a texture succulent or gelatinous.

- vaginae in mucum amorphum gelatinosum diffluentes, sheaths into amorphous gelatinous mucilage dissolving.

- spermoderma crassiusculum, extus ut videtur pellicula cinctum nunc adpressissima,nunc in alam membranaceam expansa, nunc per aquae imbibitionem reticulatim mucilaginosai gelatinosave facta (DeCandolle), the spore-skin somewhat thick, outside, it appears bound by a pellicle [i.e. a delicate outside membrane] , [which is ]sometimes completely appressed, sometimes into a membranaceous wing expanded, sometimes through the absorption of water reticulately made mucilaginous or gelatinous.

- frondes cylindraceae aut compressae gelatinoso-lubricae; filis periphericis moniliformibus invicem liberis aut muco laxiori cohaerentibus (Agardh), the fronds cylindraceous or compressed, gelatinous-slimy; with the peripheral filaments moniliform alternately with free or cohering by a looser [i.e. less dense] mucus.

- spermoderma crassiusculum, extus ut videtur pellicula cinctum nunc adpressissima,nunc in alam membranaceam expansa, nunc per aquae imbibitionem reticulatim mucilaginosai gelatinosave facta (DeCandolle), the spore-skin somewhat thick, outside, it appears bound by a pellicle [i.e. a delicate outside membrane], [which is ]sometimes completely appressed, sometimes into a membranaceous wing expanded, sometimes through the absorption of water reticulately made mucilaginous or gelatinous.

Gelatinous felt, gelatinous tissue: “tissue which is slimy from the cell membrane being soft and mucilaginous” (Jackson): substantia,-ae (s.f.I), gelinea; substantia gelatina; substantia gelatinosa.