n
(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
adj
(biology, mycology) Describes tissue that consists of connective hyphae and abundant, large, terminal, inflated cells.
adj
(mycology) Of, pertaining to, or resembling an aecium.
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(mycology) Having basidia maturing all over the surface of each lamella at once, not leaving patches of less matured spores.
adj
Relating to lichen of the genus Alectoria
n
(biology) The asexual reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
adj
(lichenology) Relating to the apothecium.
adj
(mycology) Of or pertaining to appressoria
adj
Alternative form of basidiomycetous [Relating to the basidiomycetes.]
n
(mycology, obsolete) A yeast fungus.
adj
Composed of, or resembling, chitin
adj
(botany) Relating to, or composed of chlorenchyma
n
(biology) The evolution of fungi to form fruiting bodies (mushrooms)
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Related to, or characteristic of the danionins
n
The formation of mycorrhizas with another species
n
The needle-shaped form of the spore of the malarial parasite transmitted by mosquitos.
n
(pathology) Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
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(mycology) growing on other fungi
n
One whose diet consists mainly of fungi.
adj
Relating to fungi of the genus Funneliformis
n
The rudimentary xylem in a cryptogam.
n
(biology) All forms in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota treated as a whole
n
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
adj
(mycology, obsolete) Of or relating to the Hymenomycetes, a former class of fungi within the division Basidiomycota.
n
(biology) A large, multimeric pseudopilus
n
(mycology) Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.
adj
(mycology) Having a uterine shape
n
Synonym of fungi imperfecti
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of fungi of the genus Lentinus
adj
Relating to, or obtained from lichens
adj
(mycology) Having a life cycle in which only teliospores and basidiospores are produced
n
Synonym of microsporidian
adj
Relating to fungi of the family Microthyriaceae
n
A textile fashioned from threads of a fungus
adj
That forms mucos or mucilage (typically, on contact with water)
adj
Relating to the Nemaliophycidae class of red algae
adj
Relating to lichenized fungi of the genus Pannaria
n
(lichenology) A structure in lichens that appears as a tiny pore on the outer surface, caused when there is a break in the cortex of the lichen and the medullary hyphae extend to the surface.
adj
(biology, of a fungus) heterothallic but producing self-fertile mycelium
n
A rootlike structure, consisting of a dense mass of hyphae, in many fungi
n
(biology) The formation of shmoos in yeast
n
(botany) Alternative form of spermatophyte [(botany) Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores]
adj
(botany) Relating to spores and pollen grains
n
A large, erect reproductive structure in some fungi, bearing compact conidiophores that fuse together to form a strand with conidia at the end or on the edges.
n
Misconstruction of teleomorph [(biology) The final, sexually reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.]
n
(biology) The final, sexually reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
n
(mycology) Any organism of the fungus genus Trichophyton.
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