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80 Terms used in Bionomenclature
hybrid or hybrid group, formed by connecting the names or epithets
of the parents, or parts of these names or epithets, by arbitrary signs
(e.g. “x” or a hyphen), or by uniting them into one. (3) (cult. pl.), see
condensed formula.
formulation: sometimes used for the way in which a name is formed, i.e.
the etymology of a name.
fossil: an organism, or a part of an organism, preserved by some natural
means; or the impression or petrifaction left in rock upon the
decomposition of such an organism; see subfossil.
fossil taxon: (palaeo. bot.) a taxon the name of which is based on a fossil
(q.v.) type.
fototype: see phototype.
fount, [font]: the character set, i.e. letters and figures, used by a printer.
four-way cross: (cult. pl.) the repeatable crossing of four F 1 hybrids (q.v.).
fragmotype: (zool., unoff.) a type specimen represented by a single body
part; see also giraultotype.
frontispiece: an illustration on a page facing the title page of a book;
generally unnumbered.
Funga: (mycol.) proposed name for a published work describing the fungi
growing in an area (e.g. Funga Nordica); cfr Flora, funga,
Mycobiota, Mycota.
funga: (mycol.) proposed for the fungi growing in an area; cfr fauna, flora,
Funga, mycobiota, mycota.
fungarium, [pl. fungaria]: proposed for a dried collection of fungal
specimens, i.e. a fungal herbarium; see also mycarium.
fungi imperfecti: see pleomorphic fungi.
gamete: a reproductive cell (or coenobium) capable of development as a
new individual, normally only after union with another gamete.