The Shroomery Mushroom Glossary
This glossary is to serve as a reference for both beginners and the advanced. Please e-mail us if you have any definitions that you feel should be added here.
You are also invited to pay a visit to The Shroomery Mycology Glossary.
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| Deciduous | Trees and plants that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season. |
| Desiccant | An anhydrous(waterless) substance, usually a powder or gel, used to absorb water from other substances. Two commonly used types are calcium hydroxide or silica gel |
| Dextrose | A simple sugar used in Agar formulations. Also called Glucose |
| Dicaryotic mycelium | Contains the nuclei of both 'sexes' and can therefore produce Fruiting bodies |
| Diffusion | The movement of suspended or dissolved particles from a more concentrated region to a less concentrated region as a result of the random movement of individual particles. Diffusion tends to distribute particles uniformly throughout the available volume. |
| Disinfection | To cleanse so as to destroy or prevent the growth of microorganisms, usually referring to rubbing or spraying the surfaces one wants to disinfect with lysol, diluted bleach solutions or alcohol. |

