Sclerotium: A sclerotium is a kind of perennial tuber, on which are born the carpophores of certain species to which […]
Mycological vocabulary
Scissile
Scissile: adj. "Scissile" is said of blades that easily split in two, following their plan of […]
saxatile
Saxatile: adj. “Saxatile” is said of an organism that lives among the rocks, grows on the rocks…. Hello you […]
Saprophyte
Saprophyte: adj. “Saprophyte” refers to species that grow at the expense of organic matter, as opposed to […]
Rough
Rough: adj. “Rough” is said of a mushroom that is rough or covered with mediocre asperities…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
rhymes
Rimeux: adj. “Rimeux” is said of hats that crack in all directions so as to […]
strict
Rigid: adj. "Rigid" indicates a consistency that resists wrinkling. Some mushrooms break when you want […]
Rhodospore
Rhodospore: adj. “Rhodospore” is said of a mushroom that has pink or reddish spores…. Hello, You must […]
Rhizomorph
Rhizomorph: nm The rhizomorph is the often firm and tenacious mycelial cord which extends on the support. Example : […]
Rhizoid
Rhizoid: adj. “Rhizoid” is said when the base of the foot of several species of mushrooms is bristled […]
Reticle
Reticulated: adj. "Reticular" is said of a foot adorned with a kind of net or network, made in […]
Resupinated
Resupinated: adj. “Résupiné” is said of the cap of several species of lignicole mushrooms, when it adheres to its […]
Network
Network: nm A network is a set of salient lines intertwined like the meshes of a net that […]
Reflexive
Thoughtful: adj. "Reflected" is said of the appearance of certain species of mushrooms without a foot that deviate […]
Recurved
Recurved: adj. “Recurved” is said of the margin when it is curved outwards…. Hello, You must be […]
Receptacle
Receptacle: nm The receptacle of a fungus is the carpophore…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the rest of […]
Raphanoid
Raphanoid: adj. “Raphanoid” which has a smell of roe or radish…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
ramulate
Ramulus: nf A ramulus is a small branch, ramille. The clavaires are often provided with ramules…. Hello, You must […]
Rootlet
Rootlet: nf A rootlet is made up of small mycelial cords visible to the naked eye…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
Radiant
Radiant: adj. “Radicant” is said of a stipe whose base is extended by a pseudo root…. Good morning, […]
Pulverulent
Powdery: adj. “Powdery” covered with some kind of powder, or very briefly hairy. Or which resolves into […]
Pubescent
Pubescent: adj. “Pubescent” means that is furnished with fine hairs…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read […]
Pruinose
Pruinous: adj. "Pruineux" is said of the cap or stipe of certain mushrooms which seem to be covered with a […]
Bloom
Bloom: nf Bloom is a kind of dust sometimes covering the cuticle. The cloudy clitocybe mushroom offers a […]
Primordium
Primordium: nm The primordium is the outline of the future mushroom in its extreme youth. The primordium presents itself as a […]
By e
Pore: nm A pore is the opening of a tube. The tubes of boletes and polypores terminate in pores […]
Pliciform
Pliciform: adj. “Pliciform” is said to be very narrow mushroom lamellae that have the shape of a simple […]
Fold
Fold: nm The fold is a relief supporting the hymenium in chanterelles. Unlike blades, pleats are coarse, […]
Pleuropod
Pleuropod: adj. “Pleuropod” is said of a mushroom whose stipe is lateral…. Hello, You must be a subscriber [...]
Pileic
Pileic: adj. “Pileic” concerns the cap of the mushroom…. Hello, You must be a subscriber to read the rest of […]