Category: S

(Of cap or stem) Having a thin layer of mucouslike material making the surface wet and hard to hold, viscid.  

(Of cap or stem) Having a thick layer of mucouslike, sticky material that pulls away from the surface in long strands, glutinous. Resembling slime or a viscid substance; regarding a growth, the ability to adhere to a needle so it can be drawn out as a long thread.  

(of granules in basidia and spore walls in Lyophyllaceae) Staining purplish-black when treated with aceto-carmine dye in the presence of iron oxide and heated; same as cyanophilous reaction.  

The fusion of nuclei of different mating types, followed by meiosis to produce spores. The process by which half of the genes of each parent organism combine to create a new individual. Reproduction in which gametes from two individuals fuse together. Production of a child through the fertilization of a woman’s egg with a man’s…

(Of gills or stems) Easily separated from the cap.  

Rough knobs of tufted hyphal ends, projecting from surface of stem; characteristic of the bolete genus Leccinum.  

An organism that lives on dead or decaying organisms or organic material.  

(Of volva) Shaped like a cup or sac around the base of the stem, saccate.  

An ovary positioned above the base of the petals and sepals. The flower remnants, except for the stigma, will be located at the base of fruit. An ovary high in a flower, above the joining point of stamens, sepals, and petals. An ovary sitting above and within the whorls of stamens, petals and sepals, and…

Sorus (plural: sori). Clusters of sporangia, the structures containing spores, in non-seed-bearing plants. Sori are usually covered by a thin protective structure called an indusium. A hand lens is necessary to see these details.