Purdue Arboretum botanical terminology reference and learning database.
Decurrent Extending downward from the point of attachment, as in a leaf base that extends down along the stem. In mushrooms, pertaining to the attachment of the gills to the stipe (stem), in which the gills curve partly down the stipe towards the base of the stipe.
Deliquescing The process by which gills in the mushroom genus Coprinus (Ink Caps) rapidly break down into a black ink-like liquid, droplets of which disperse spores
Dextrinoid A type of chemical staining reaction in which the tissues of certain fungi (spore wall ornamentation, etc.) stains reddish to reddish-brown in Melzer's reagent.
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