Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Fungi Glossary
Title |
Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| gametangium (pl. gametangia) | A structure specialized for the production of gametes during sexual reproduction. | ||
| Gasteromycetes | Large group within the basidiomycetes, characterised by the basidiospores maturing within the hollow fruit body e.g. Puffballs, earth stars, stinkhorns, & bird's-nest fungi | ||
| Generative hyphae | Thin-walled, branched hyphae with dividing cell walls giving rise to other types (e.g. Binding) of hyphae | ||
| Genus | A unit of classification, grouping together closely related species, whose relationship is recognised by the same first name in the scientific terminology | ||
| Germ-pore | A differentiated / hole in the spore wall, from where the germination tube may extend | ||
| germ-pore | A thinner area of spore wall through which a germ-tube emerges. | ||
| germ-tube | An immature hypha emerging from a spore. | ||
| Gill (lamella) | The fertile surface, one of a series of radiating plates sub-tending the cap | ||
| Glabrous | Smooth, hairless | ||
| Glandular dots | Moist, sticky spots on the surface of stem | ||
| Gleba | Fleshy mycelial tissue containing the spore-bearing cavities, present in the gasteromycetes | ||
| globose | spherical, or almost so. | ||
| Gloeocystidia | Thin-walled cystidia with refractive, frequently granular contents | ||
| Granulate | Covered with tiny particles | ||
| Guttation-drops | Drops secreted by the fruiting bodies of certain species | ||
| guttules | oil like droplets. |