Definitions by DaShroomster

ascomycetes 

Ascomycetes is a fungus whose spores develop within asci. The ascomycetes include most molds, mildews, and yeasts, the fungal component of most lichens, and a few large forms such as morels and truffles.

"Wow, we can sell these ascomycetes for twelve bucks each!" "Jason, can't you just say truffle. Knowing this vocabulary doesn't make you a better mycologist, it just makes you a prig."

ascomycetes by DaShroomster November 17, 2020

ascocarp

An ascocarp, or ascoma (plural: ascomata), is the fruiting body (sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and may contain millions of asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. - wiki

This ascocarp has apothecium fruiting bodies. You can tell because the fruiting bodies are cup-shaped.

ascocarp by DaShroomster November 17, 2020

arbuscular mycorrhiza 

An arbuscular mycorrhiza is a type of mycorrhiza in which the symbiont fungus penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant forming arbuscules. Arbuscular mycorrhizas are characterized by the formation of unique structures, arbuscules and vesicles by fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota. - wiki

You see those little white strands hanging off the root of the plant? Those are arbuscular mycorrhizal.

arbuscular mycorrhiza by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

appendiculate 

The appendiculate of a mushroom is the torn veil pieces hanging off the sides of the fruiting body.

The appendiculate on that mushroom makes it look like it has icicles hanging off of it.

appendiculate by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

apothecium 

The apothecium is a cup-shaped fruit body with asci that can release spores simultaneously. It is in certain ascomycetes fungi.

On this diagram, we can see this upward "c" like shape. That's the apothecium.

apothecium by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

apiculus

The tiny projection on a spore where it is attached to the sterigma at the end of a basidium.

You see the base of the point on this mushroom spore? That's the apiculus.

apiculus by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

annulus 

The annulus is a ring of tissue on a mushroom's stem left by a torn partial veil.

The veil has ruptured allowing the mushroom's spores to float away. All that's left is the annulus right below the gills.

annulus by DaShroomster November 16, 2020