The Shroomery Mycology Glossary
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| abruptly bulbous (shape of stipe, i.e. stem, base) | a bulbous stipe base with a distinct margin and an upper surface either attached at a right angle to the stipe or sloping upward to the stipe; the upper surface is not shaped like the edge of a saucer as in a marginate-depressed bulb (when the upper surface is attached at a right angle, abruptly bulbous marginate bulb) |
| acanthocytes | needle-like crystalline deposits on the mycelium of certain muchrooms |
| acrid | intensely sharp and burning (peppery) |
| aculeate | having narrow spines; spores of Laccaria which are round and have narrow spines on the outer wall |
| acute | sharp or pointed |
| adnate | used to describe gills attached to the stem for their total width |
| adnexed | gills tapering toward the stem so that their attachment is narrow |
| aequi-hymeniiferous | hymenium having basidia which mature evenly all over the surface of each lamella (from Ainsworth and Bisby, "Dictionary of the Fungi"); in opposition to inaequi-hymeniiferous |
| Agaric | a member of the Agaricaceae (sensu lato); often considered a synonym of the mushroom |
| alveolate | surface of spore or cap (pileus) with broad pits |
| amyloid | blue black when stained with Meltzers iodine |
| anastomosing | gills connected by cross-veins |
| annulus | ring of tissue on the stem left from a torn partial veil; collar |
| apical pore | in certain Gastromycetes, the mouth at the top of the spore case through which the spores are released; in spores, a germ pore |
| apiculus | the projection on a spore by which it is attached to the sterigma (spore stalk) |
| apothecium | open saucer-shaped fruit body in a group of Ascomycetes called Discomycetes |
| appendiculate | used to describe the cap margin when hung with veil fragments |
| appressed | flattened down on a surface |
| areolate | cap surface cracked into plaques or blocks (like dried mud) |
| ascocarp | fruiting body of Ascomycetes |
| Ascomycete | name of fungal group that all bear spores in sac-like cells called asci (see ascus ) |
| ascus | the cylindrical or club-shaped spore-producing cell that characterises the Ascomycetes. Contains (usually 8) ascospores |
| aspect | the overall shape of a fruiting body as determined by the portions of its parts |
| autodigestion | self digesting or liquefying. Characteristic of the genus Coprinus |
