Literary notes about annulus (AI summary)
In literary texts, the word annulus is employed to denote a circular or ring-like structure that serves both descriptive and symbolic functions. In the realm of natural history and botany, it depicts a ring on a stem or cap—often a remnant of a veil in mushrooms or a distinct band on a plant stem—helping to differentiate species or indicate developmental stages [1, 2, 3]. In other contexts, annulus is invoked to describe rings of various sizes and textures such as a decorative, sometimes ephemeral, band encircling celestial bodies or architectural features, enhancing the imagery or metaphorical resonance of the narrative [4, 5]. Even in classical writings, the term carries a visual and ornamental quality, emphasizing its role as a marker of continuity and transition [6, 7].
- Stem short, equal, slightly silky, whitish, the annulus thin, persistent, white.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine - The annulus is superior, that is, near the upper end of the stem, membranaceous, thin, sometimes tearing, as in A. virosa .
— from Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson - Annulus, the ring or collar around the stem formed from the inner or partial veil.
— from Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson - The asteroid region between Mars and Jupiter is probably occupied by such an annulus.
— from Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites by Daniel Kirkwood - Its living-room was an immense annulus of glass from which, by merely moving along its circular length, any desired view could be had.
— from Masters of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith - “Paterna vestis, et annulus, tanto charior est posteris, quanto erga parentes major affectus.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - After all it may be a mere fabrication for the purpose of introducing an etymology of the word annulus , that cannot here be repeated.
— from Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; on a Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris dance. by Francis Douce
