Synonyms:
Adnates
Adnate Having a fusion of unlike parts. In mushrooms, the attachment of the fertile tissue (the gills, tubes, spines, etc.) to the stipe (stem) in which the attachment is perpendicular to the stipe (stem)
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Adnexeds
Adnexed In mushrooms, the attachment of the fertile tissue (the gills, tubes, spines, etc.) to the stipe (stem) in which the fertile tissue typically curves upwards towards the pileus (cap)
Synonyms:
Agarics, annuli, Annuli, Annulus, Annuluses, Cap, Caps, Cortina, Cortinas, Gill, Gills, Lamella, Lamellas, Mushroom, Mushrooms, Pilei, pilei, Pileus, Pileuses, Stipe, Stipes, Stipitate, Volva, Volvas
Agaric Describing a fungus having a cap (pileus), gills (lamellae), and a stem (stipe), i.e., what most people would call a mushroom Did you know? The mushroom above ground is only the fruiting body. Most of the fungus lives hidden as mycelium in soil, wood, or leaf litter.
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Amyloids
Amyloid A type of chemical staining reaction in which the tissues of certain fungi (spore wall ornamentation, etc.) stains bluish-black in Melzer's reagent. Examples include species in the genera Russula and Lactarius.
Synonyms:
asci, Asci, Ascomycetes, Ascus, Ascuses
Ascomycete A fungus that forms its sexual spores inside a special cell called the ascus. Because the ascus is often sac-shaped, the ascomycetes are sometimes referred to as sac fungi. The spores are termed ascospores. Usually there are eight ascospores formed in each ascus, but the number can vary from one to more than one hundred, depending upon the species. The ascomycetes comprise the largest…
