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Labiate |
Belonging to the Labiate family. Often scented and two-lipped. E.g. Woundwort. |
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Lacerate |
(of pores) as though torn away, revealing the tubes like organ pipes |
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Lageniform |
(of cystidia) with a neck like extension, shaped like a narrow-necked flask |
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Lamella |
A hard plate, sometimes present near the female's mating tube. |
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lamella |
gill
plural: lamellae |
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Lamellate |
Possessing gills or lamellae |
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lamellula |
a small gill not reaching from the edge of the pileus to the stipe |
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Lanceolate |
(of cystidia) elongate & tapering towards both ends, lance-shaped |
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Lanceolate |
A narrow and spear-shaped leaf. Much longer than it is wide. |
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Lanose |
Having a woolly or wool like texture |
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Larva |
The fleshy, wingless young of advanced insects in the stage between egg and pupa. |
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Lateral |
(of stem) attached at the side of the cap |
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Lateral |
Towards the side, away from the dorsal or ventral midline of the body. |
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Latex |
Milky, usually white fluid, exuded by gills of lactarius species when broken or cut |
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Latex |
White fluid within the stem of a plant, such as in the Euphorbia family. The colour and changes in colour of latex can be used for identification purposes. |
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Lax |
Open and not dense. |
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Leaflet |
Leaf-like part or lobe of leaf. |
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Lignify |
To become woody. |
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Ligulate |
Strap-shaped |
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Ligule |
Flap at the base of a blade of grass where it joins the stem. |
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Linear |
Describing a parallel and slender leaf. |
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Lip |
Lower part of a flower with irregular petals, such as an Orchid. |
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Litter |
The carpet of fallen leaves or needles and other rotting organic matter in broadleaf or coniferous woodland |
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Lobe |
One of the divisions of a leaf or petal. |
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Lobed |
Leaf with indentations in the margin not reaching the midline (if pinnately lobed) or midpoint (if palmately- lobed; e.g. Round-leaved Crowfoot). |
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Local |
Confined to a small geographic area |
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Locally common |
Fungi which might be uncommon or rare in the context of the overall geographic region, but which are common in certain small geographic areas |
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Longitudinal |
Running from front to back on the body rather than from side to side, as in a colour stripe or a structure. |
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Lores |
Small area between the bill and the eye.
Adjective - loral. |
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Lunule |
A crescent shaped spot on the wing. |
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Lysis |
Dissolution |
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