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A sterile hyphal end cell with a distinctive shape or wall thickness, found on the edges and faces of the gills, also may be found on the cap and stem surfaces.  

(Of granules in basidia of Lyophyllaceae) Staining deep blue when pieces of air-dried lamellae are soaked in a drop of cotton blue dye in lactic acid on a glass slide, then gently heated over an alcohol lamp before removing the stained tissues and placing them in a fresh drop of clear lactic acid, squashing the…

A type of partial veil. A hairy, silky mass of spiderweb-like filaments attached from the cap margin to the stem.  

The common name for a large, woody, hoof-shaped polypore growing on trees.  

Cone-bearing tree with needles or scales, such as hemlock, spruce, pine, fir, or arborvitae. An evergreen, needled, cone-bearing tree or shrub. A member of a primitive order of flowering plants (the Gymnospermae), characterized by their cones and usually needle-like leaves. They are all shrubs or trees, usually evergreen, and the hardiest trees in cold climates;…

Spaced intermediately between subdistant and crowded.  

A tight roll of volva tissue that goes around the base of the stem.  

Thick-walled asexual spores of the mold phase of some ascomycetes, especially those that parasitize other fungi. In botany, a thick-walled asexual thallospore formed by the enlargement of a vegetative cell that assumes an oval shape.