mycoterms

causing a biting sensation on the tongue, intensely burning and/or sharp

bluntly attached to the stalk, when the gills are directly attached to the stalk

when the gill is notched just at the stalk

being finely cracked

mushroom term for any gilled mushroom

having a sausage shape

• NH4OH
• used as a mushroom detection reagent; cleaning ammonia may also be used

turning blue, violet, or black when an iodine reagent is used such as Melzer's Reagent

the 4 to 6 sided spores found in the genus Entoloma

the ring of tissue left on the stalk from the breaking of the veil, most often the partial veil

a pore or the thin spot at the apex of a spore

the projection on some basidiospores that bears the scar which was left when the spore was discharged from the basidium, the small projection that attaches the spore to the basidium

margin of a cap that has patches of veil tissue and/or fibrils hanging from it

flattened or flat lying against the surface like in appressed hairs

cracked into more or less hexagonial areas (areolae) almost looking like a dried out mud flat

prefix used to indicate association with an ascus or ascus-bearing fungus eg. Ascomycete, Ascospore

a cell in which spores are formed following fusion of two nuclei and division of the resulting nucleus, the saclike cell that produces the spores of the Ascomycetes

gills that touch the stalk at some point in their development and are attached to it; "free" is the opposite of "attached"

having no concentric zones or bands

prefix used to indicate association with a basidium or basidium bearing fungus, eg. Basidiomycete, Basidiospore

a special cell on which spores are formed following the fusion of two nuclei and division of the resulting nucleus

Reddish Brown

mushroom term for any member of the Boletaceae

• tube mouths on a bolete
• elongated along the radii of the cap as in Suillus pictus

Breaking with a clean snap

not like conifers, pines, and needlelike leaves

pale yellow with touch of gray, a dingy pale yellow

when the base of bottom of the mushroom stalk has an abrupt enlargement like a bulb

a young mushroom still having the veil intact, when the cap has not expanded

the loose covering around one end of some basidiospores

Bell shaped

• The umbrella-like structure of the mushroom that has the gills or tubes.
• The cap is at the apex of the stalk.
• The technical term for the cap is "Pileus"

like burned wood or charcoal leaving black stains on skin

another name for KOH

The living protoplasmic unit into which hyphae braks down to

pear or round shaped cells that form the outer layer of the mushroom's cap

growing in clusters with the bases of all the mushroom stalks attached to one another

A cystidium on the edge of the mushroom's gill or tube

a cystidium that has yellow and coagulated contents when revived in KOH

a specialized hyphal branch that attaches to other hyphal strands. This condition only occurs in some mushrooms, not all

when the stalk is club shaped or thickened evenly to the base

the deeply dissected base of Amanita brunnescens

when the spacing of the gills is close

a spore that is formed with no nuclear fusion, and is produced externally

a tree that has cones

having cones, pine fir and hemlock

a term used for the large wood destroying fruiting bodies of hydnums and polypores on trees

the flesh of the mushroom, both stalk and cap

having deep wrinkles

when the veil is cobweb like and composed of loosely placed silky fibrils

the weblike appearance of some partial veils like on Inocybe and Cortinarius

crested like a rooster's comb

whent he gills are very close together

like small flat scabs, crust like

when the surface tissue zone is differentiated, sometimes this zone can actually be separated from the mushroom cap or stalk, the outer layer or skin. Pileipellis is another term for this same condition

when the cuticle is made by dry interwoven hypae

microscopic sterile cell with a feature such as thicker wall, large size, different contents, or eye catching shape. When they are classed by location they are termed cheilo and pleuro, hence pleurocystidia. If classed by contents they are known as macro and chryso, hence macrocystidia.

referring to trees that lose their leaves seasonally, not like pines or other evergreens

when the gills extend downward on the stalk

when the gills dissolve into an inky fluid like in Coprinus

when the mushroom material becomes a reddish brown in Melzer's reagent or other types of iodine solution. See also Amyloid.

when one divides into two

this is the center part of the surface going out about halfway to the margin

when the gills are not close together but widely spaced, well separated

in cross section the cells seem to sweep outward from the center when viewed with the microscope

when the stakl is not attached in the center of the cap, off center

having small pointed spikes or spines

having very small pointed spokes or spines

disappearing or vanishing

when the taste and/or odor is mealy, like that of fresh ground wheat

a small bundle

• FeSO4
• when 3% solution in water is placed on certain mushroom flesh a green color reaction is noted.

when the mushroom is capable of producing spores and/or the mushroom spores themselves are capable of good genetic growth

having the odor of rotted meat, an ill-like smell

Ferrous Sulphate, a reagent solution used in certain macrochemical tests that contains 10% ferrous sulphate and 90% water

a soft or think thread like strand, a minute hair

when covered with appressed threads and/or hairs

the thread-like cells which form the outer layer of some mushroom caps

Woolly or cottony like hairs

when the gills are not attached to the stalk

the entire mushroom

a plant organism that reproduces by spores and lacks chlorophyll

very close to fungus, fungi like

when there is a rough look like that of bran like small particles

a dusky brown

see Fusoid

when both ends are tapered like the shape of a spindle

the gelatin-like slimy substance forming the outside layer of the mushroom cap

the next highest grouping in biology that is above the species grouping. The Genus is always capitalized, and it is always used just before the species. If the mushroom is in the Genus Psylocybe and it is the cubensis species, it is placed as "Psylocybe cubensis"

the very thin spot on the wall of the spore through which the tiny sprout of hyphae comes out when the spore germinates. Most of the time it is at the apex of the spore and for this reason it is also called an apical pore.

the knife-blade like structures radially going out from the stalk's attachment to the underside cap of the mushroom (gilled mushrooms). Also know as lamellae (lamella sng.)

having no hair, bald

when the stalk has slightly sticky spots as with boletes

having the appearance of being frosted

the mass of spores inside a puffball

round

the viscous liquid that makes some mushrooms feel slimy

the slimy ooz that hangs from the margin of the cap especially during wet weather

when mushrooms are found growing in groups of clusters and the stalks to do not connect at the base. It is the condition in the middle of scattered and cespitose

how the mushroom appears - cespitose, gregarious, scattered, or solitary

what type of environment the specific mushroom likes, or is found

referring to the wood or actual trees of most deciduous trees. The wood is hard and heavy

when there are two types of tissue cells like in cases of the Genus Russulaceae

the microscopic projection on the cystidia, most of the times at teh apex

having the appearance of translucent or being transparent, having no color

the part of the mushroom that has the hymenium

the single thread of growth that comes from the spore of vegetative part of the mushroom or it's mycelium

when the caps are found growing one just above the other

when the mushroom material does not turn blue or dark rusty orange to red in any of the iodine reagents

Located at the base of the stalk

when cross section is prepared the cells of the gill are entwined and have no pattern when viewed under the microscope

Chemical symbol for Potassium Hydroxide. Usually used as 3% in water to prepare specimens for microscopy as with spores. Also used to check color reactions to mushroom material, and to prepare specimens for mounting under the microscope.

having a torn appearance

the gill of a mushroom - technical term

Like that of a gill

the liquid that comes forward when some mushrooms are cut

when the cuticle is made up of hypae that ascends and is interwoven

when the cystidium has a thin wall

will not break easily, hard to tear apart, tough

the furrows or lines that go down the full length of the spore and/or the stalk

when the mushroom has a buttery feeling

when the cystidium is big and have oily contents like the ones found in the Genus Russulaceae

the most outer part and edge for either the gill or cap of the mushroom, the outer or edge part

an iodine type reagent used to test for the presence of starch in spores and other mushroom tissue. It contains 1.5 grams of potassium iodide, 21 grams of chloral hydrate, and 20 grams of water. The positive reaction is reffered to as "amyloid" This blue-black color change. If it changed to rusty red it is called "dextriniod", if no color change it is called "inamyloid"

like that of a membrane or thin covering

a very small unit of measure, 3000 microns are in a 1/8th inch, used to give the size of spores

a mass of hyphae, the vegetative tissue portion, the normal physical growing state of the mushroom plant

the study of all fungi

a person who eats mushrooms or other fungi, a mushroom lover, one who is a mushroom fancier

the act of eating fungi

the relationship between mushrooms and other fungi with the root tip systems of specific trees or other plants

dingy yellow to dull brownish yellow

this is an ascus that opens by a lid (the lid is known as the opercuium) this enables tha spore to discharge

the next major biological grouping above the "family" grouping, eg. Agaricales, all mushrooms end with "ales"

microscopic feature on certain spores which looks like sculpturing on their wall and may appear as lines, ridges, dots, or warts

imbricate mushrooms growing right above eachother closely

not really round but more egg shaped

a narrow stalk or base

the cystidium when it appears on the side of the gill

having the look of being pleated

a mushroom that has no gills bur has a pariod hymenophore, Aphyllophorales

a small hole in the hymenophore under the cap, the tube's opening

that which has pores

KOH

Looks as if it is powdered or lightly frosted, reflecting light from very tiny particles cause this appearance

the process of a root like structure that comes up from deep in the ground to the surface and bares the fruited body

when the taste and/or small is that of a radish

when the spore of stalk have a pattern of lines or ridges

when the mycelium has small rope-like or string-like appearance among the regular cotton look. It is solid aggregation of hyphae

having the appearance of being cracked

the common term for the membranous annulus around the stalk

having the appearence for being wrinkled

a mushroom that lives on dead organic matter

when the fruiting of a mushroom is scattered and over a good distance

small scales many times like of bran

the crosswall within hypha which divides the cells from each other

globose like cells inside the mushroom fruit, the Russulaceae have this characteristic

spoon shaped, expanded upper portion with a narrow base

a large mass of mycelium that can be used to inoculate fruiting substrate

the last biological grouping of individual life forms that all have certain features in common

this is the 2nd part of species name

a small cone shape with a point

serves same purpose as "seeds" but microscopic and measured in Microns

a very small scale

having small scales

• a cell that does not produce spores, a mushroom that produces no spores or it's spores will not reproduce a mushroom
• also meaning "contamination free"

the stem-like structure that supports the cap, also known as the stipe

having grooves, ridges, or lines

having grooves or is grooved

the taxonomic group of any genus, family, order or species

when the mushroom is gound growing from the ground

a common term used for poisonous mushrooms

when there is a covering of soft hair, tomentose is the term meaning covered with soft hair

a cuticle that is composed of erect hyphae and is longer than one cell

abruptly sliced off leaving a flat apex, like that caused by an apical pore

the bolete's basic hymenophore unit, single tubes hang parallel by the force of gravity and open by a pore

the tissue material around the pore of a tube

having tubercles, as wart-like or knob-like structures of growth

when the cuticle is composed of erect long and narrow cells

exact element of specimen, illustration, or collection whereby the name of a taxon is also attached. It does not have to be typical or representative of the taxon

a raised convex or conic area in the center of the mushroom cap

a term designated to a mushroom that differs only slightly from the formal designated proper mushroom name. Another variation from the normal

the subdivision of a species

a think layer of tissue, the partial veil and the universal veil

when the middle of the stalk is swollen or enlarged

slimy or sticky to the touch

a cup-like structure under the ground level that holds the stalk, what remains of the universal veil around the base of the stalk after the veil has ruptured

small pyramidal or squatted chunks of tissue on the cap or similar shapes on a spore

having different zones

a concentric zone or band that is of different appearance from the rest of the surface of the cap