Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Fungi Glossary
Title |
Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Veil (adj. Velar) | Protective layer of tissue enclosing the emerging fruit body, which ruptures and disperses (sometimes leaving various remnants) | ||
| Ventricose | Inflated or swollen | ||
| Vermiform | Worm like | ||
| Verrucose | With small, rounded warts | ||
| Vesicle (adj. Vesicular) | Shaped like a bladder, a bladder-like sac | ||
| Vesiculose | Formed of vesicles | ||
| Villose | Bearing long, hair-like appendages | ||
| Vinaceous | Wine coloured | ||
| violaceous | bluish purple, the colour of violets. | ||
| Viscid | Sticky, slimy, glutinous | ||
| Volva | Cup/bag like structure enclosing base of stem, the remains of the universal veil (in some agarics) |