Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Fungi Glossary
Title |
Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| helicoid | in the form of a spiral. | ||
| Heterobasidiomycetes | Group of non-gilled basidiomycete fungi in which the basidia have longitudinal or transverse septa, or are shaped like tuning forks (including the jelly fungi) | ||
| heteroecious | refering to a rust fungus requiring two unrelated host plants for completion of its life cycle | ||
| Homobasidiomycetes | Major group of basidiomycete fungi in which the basidia are neither forkd nor septate | ||
| Humus | Rotted down soil-like remains of leaves & other organic debris | ||
| Hyaline | Colourless, transparent, translucent | ||
| Hygrophanous | Becoming darker in colour and appearing water soaked when wet, becoming paler in colour after losing water content | ||
| Hymeniform | Resembling a hymenium, but without functional basidia | ||
| Hymenium | Fertile layer containing the spore bearing surface | ||
| Hypha (pl.hyphae) (adj. Hyphal) | A single filament, the basic unit forming the fungi | ||
| Hypogeous | Fruiting underground (truffle-like) or semi-hypogeous (fruiting partially underground) |