Velvety: adj. "Velvet" is said of a mushroom that has the matte and soft appearance of velvet, as […]
Mycological vocabulary
Uncineas
Uncinate: adj. “Uncinate” is said of lamellae which adhere to the stipe by a small hook…. Hello you […]
Umbone
Umboné: adj. “Umboné” is said from the top of the hat when it is suddenly inflated in the shape of a large […]
Turbine
Turbinated: adj. “Turbiné” is said of mushroom which is thickened from the base towards the top, […]
Tube
Tube: nm The tube is a small cylinder bearing the hymenium of boletes and polypores. The tubes lead to […]
Weft
Frame: nf The frame of the blades is the part of their tissue between the two sub-hymeniums. The plot […]
tomentose
Tomentous: adj. "Tomentose" is said of mushroom covered with a more or less coarse velvet. It's almost a […]
Thermolabile
Thermolabile: adj. “Thermolabile” refers to matter and organisms that are destroyed by heat. Hemolysins […]
Four-pole
Four-pole: adj. “Tetrapolar” is said of a species of fungus whose primary mycelia are derived from the same […]
Testaceous
Testaceous: adj. “Testaceous” is said of a mushroom which has the color of brick, but more brown than bricked…. […]
Soil
Territorial: adj. “Terricole” is said of a mushroom that grows in the ground…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
Symbiotic
Symbiotic: adj. “Symbiotic” is said of a fungus which forms a mycorrhizal association with a higher plant, often a tree…. […]
Forestry
Silviculture: nf Silviculture is the exploitation of the forest (maintenance, planting, etc.). Forest mushrooms can play a […]
Superior
Super: adj. “Super” is said of a veil, ring or cortina, which forms at the upper part […]
Subereux
Suberous: adj. "Suberous" is said of a fungus that has the consistency of cork. Example: the polypore […]
Striated
Striped: adj. “Striped” is mainly said of the brim of the hats of certain species, which is very thin […]
Sinuated
Sinuates: adj. "Sinuate" is said of the lamellae which narrow in the vicinity of the stipe, where their edge becomes […]
Stipitus
Stipity: nf (word coming from stipe). Stipity is the fact that a mushroom has a foot…. Good morning, […]
stipe
Stipe: nm The stipe is the foot of the mushroom which supports the hat…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to [...]
Stérigmata
Sterigmata: nmpl. Sterigmata are very fine filaments that emerge at the top of the basidia of fungi and at the […]
Scaly
Squamous: adj. "Squamous" is said of a cap or a stipe when they are bristling with protruding scales and […]
Dander
Squame: nm “Squame” is synonymous with scales. We are talking about a scaly hat…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
Spore
Spore: nf A spore is a cluster of spores harvested under a carpophore to define the color exactly. […]
Spore
Spore: nm The spore is the “seed” of the fungus, which is detached when the basidia mature, […]
Spongy
Spongy: adj. "Spongy" means a fungus that can be squeezed like a sponge and retains water like a […]
Spinular
Spinulous: adj. “Spinulous” is said of a mushroom covered with small spines…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read […]
Subhymenium
Sub-hymenium: nm The sub-hymenium is the part of the carpophore which is immediately below the hymenium…. Hello, You must […]
Sessile
Sessile: which does not have a foot, like many oyster mushrooms or polypores… Hello, You must be a subscriber to […]
Locked
Serrule: adj. “Serrulé” is said of mushroom slices whose edge is serrated like a saw…. […]
Scrobiculated
Scrobiculated: adj. “Scrobiculated” means adorned with well-defined spots or small dimples, such as the foot of […]