The Shroomery Mushroom Glossary
This glossary is to serve as a reference for both beginners and the advanced. Please e-mail us if you have any definitions that you feel should be added here.
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Abort | A mushroom that for some reason ceases to grow and never reaches maturity |
Acidic | Having a pH lower than 7. |
Adnate | Where the Gills or tubes under the Cap of a Fungus are perpendicular to the Stipe or Stem at the point of attachment |
Adnexed | Where the Gills or tubes under the Cap of a Fungus sweep upwards before being attached to the Stem |
Aerial mycelium | Hyphal elements growing above the Agar surface. |
Agar | An extract from a seaweed used to solidify media. The agar used in mushrooms cultivation is usually available in powder form |
Agaric | A term describing mushrooms and toadstools having Gills beneath a Cap that is connected to a Stipe or Stem |
Alkaline | Having a pH greater than 7. |
Annulus | A ring of tissue left attached to the Stem of a mushroom or toadstool when the Veil connecting the Cap and Stem ruptures as the young fruitbody develops |
Antibiotic | A class of natural and synthetic compounds that inhibit the growth of or kill other microorganisms. |
Ascomycetes | A group of fungi that have in common that they produce their sexual Spores inside specialized cells (asci), which usually contain eight Spores |
Aseptic | Sterile condition: no unwanted organisms present |
Aseptic technique | Also Sterile technique. Manipulating sterile instruments or Culture media in such a way as to maintain sterility. |
Autoclave | Basically a big Pressure cooker, sometimes operating at higher pressure than 15 PSI, thus achieving Sterilization temperatures above 250°F. |
Axenic | Not contaminated; Gnotobiotic: Said esp. of a medium devoid of all living organisms except those of a single Species |