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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Bacteria	Unicellular microorganisms that may cause Contamination in Culture work. Grain Spawn is very easily contaminated with bacteria. On the other hand there are some bacteria that are needed for the Fruiting of Agaricus. These are present in the Casing soil.
Basidiomycetes	A group of fungi which produce their Spores externally on so called basidia. Often four Spores are produced per basidium. Many basidiomycetes show clamp connections on their hyphae, Ascomycetes never do
Basidium (pl. basidia):	A cell that gives rise to a basidiospore. Basidia are characteristic of the Basidiomycetes.
Biological efficiency	The definition of biological efficiency (BE) in mushroom cultivation is: 1 pound fresh mushrooms from 1 pound dry Substrate is 100% biological efficiency. This definition was first used by the Agaricus industry to be able to compare different grow setups and Substrate compositions. Note that this is not a true efficiency in thermodynamical terms! The BE of Psilocybe cubensis is easily somewhere in the range of 200%.
Birthing	Removing the fully colonized growth medium (like a cake from its jar) from whatever container it was kept in for Colonization purposes and placing in an environment conducive to Fruiting.
Bolete	A group of fungi having tubes rather than Gills beneath the Cap
BRF	Abbreviation for brown rice flour
Brown Rice Flour	Ground Brown Rice
Buffer	A system capable of resisting changes in pH even when acid or base is added, consisting of a conjugate acid-base pair in which the ratio of proton acceptor to proton donor is near unity.
Buffer	A chemical system capable of resisting changes in pH even when acid or base is added, consisting of a conjugate acid-base pair in which the ratio of proton acceptor to proton donor is near unity.