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White rot
Wood rot produced by basidiomycetes, that degrades both the cellulose and the lignin, leaving a white, stringy, soft residue. The decomposition process of timber within the trunks of trees that have been infiltrated by fungi that are capable of disintegrating lignin, ultimately results in the formation of white residual cellulose matter.
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Waxy
(Of gills) Looking as if coated with wax, like waxed paper.
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Volva
Remnants of the universal veil left in various forms on or at the base of the stem. In some mushrooms, remnants of the universal veil, the membranous covering enclosing certain mushrooms (e.g., amanitas) especially at their early growth stage, which may be reduced to cup-like structure at the base of the stalk with maturity.
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Veil
A structure covering and protecting the hymenium from damage by environmental stresses or insects.
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Tubes
Hollow, cylindrical structures lined with basidia and open at one end as a pore; characteristic of boletes and polypores. A long hollow passage in the body. A soft flexible pipe for carrying liquid or gas. A soft plastic or metal pipe, sealed at one end and with a lid at the other, used to dispense…
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Troops
A pattern of fruiting in which mushrooms grow close together in large numbers, but not so close as to be considered a cluster.
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Tremelloid
(Type of fruit body or basidium) Relating to the genus Tremella; having a jellylike fruit body and basidia with longitudinal cruciate septa.
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Translucent-lined
(Of cap margin) Having thin, translucent, smooth flesh that allows the gills to show through as lines or striations.
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Toadstool
A term used to denote an inedible or poisonous, stemmed mushroom, or an alternative to mushroom in general. Any of various fungi with an umbrella-shaped cap, especially a poisonous mushroom.
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Subzonate
(Of cap) Faintly zoned in concentric rings by color, texture, or ridging.
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