DaShroomster's definitions

shroomster

Someone who is apart of the legalization of magic mushrooms movement.

Nixon: I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling shroomsters!

by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

Acrid

A peppery burning taste

"That mushroom tasted rather acrid!"

by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

adnate

Adnate gills are attached to the stem just above the bottom of the gill, with most of it fused to the stem.

This Entoloma haastii has adnate gills on it!

by DaShroomster November 16, 2020

adnexed

When the gills of a mushroom taper in depth towards the stem, making the attachment of the gills to the stem very slight.

These gills are barely attached to the stem! That must make it adnexed.

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.

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.

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.

by DaShroomster November 16, 2020