Mycology. The cap of a basidiomycete, an expanded structure at the top of the stipe that bears the hymenium (gills, etc.) on its undersurface.

The broad or expanded upper part of a fungal fruiting body; the pileus. Cf. cap, n.1 10a. Now rare.

Mycology. A hard outer covering on the fruiting or resting body of a fungus, consisting of a layer of thickened, densely packed cells, typical of…

Botany. ‘A globose peridium, with a central opening, through which sporidia are emitted’ (Lindley).

In early use: a (former) genus of fungi comprising saprophytic forms occurring as root-like strands; (also rhizomorpha) a fungus of this genus. In…

Botany. A footstalk; in various applications: the stalk which supports the pileus of a fungus; the leafstalk of a fern; the support of a gynæceum…

The membrane or wall enclosing a sporangium or other fruiting body of a fungus.

Botany. The knob or prominence in the centre of the pileus of a fungus.

A layer of fungal cells and tissue lining the tunnels of certain wood-boring beetles (see ambrosia beetle n. at compounds), and used by them as a…

Botany. An organ for superficial attachment developed by some algae and fungi.

Mycology. A root-like strand of fused hyphae (sometimes branching and forming a network) found in certain parasitic and saprophytic fungi, which…

A small or secondary peridium; spec. a compartment of a gleba, often serving in spore dispersal.

The substance between the surfaces of the ‘gills’ of hymenomycetous fungi. Also called intralamellar substance, dissepiment.

A cap-like sheath formed by the cotyledon around the plumule of a grass or sedge.

Botany. A pileole. Obsolete.

Botany. ‘The thread-like stipe of some fungi’. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1881.

Mycology. In certain fungi: the stipe. Obsolete. rare.

a stalk or branch of the mycelium bearing conidia.

The organ by which certain fungi attach themselves to their hosts.