The Shroomery Mycology Glossary
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z allF | |
farinaceous | smells and tastes of flour |
fibrillose | used of cap or stem surface with thin thread-like filaments which are more or less parallel |
fibrose | composed of tough, stringy material |
filamentous | of caps with a cuticle composed of elongate hyphae as in the mycelium (not globose cells) |
fimbriate | fringed with cystidia or finely torn |
floccose | covered in loose cottony scales |
foetid | with a strong offensive smell. (also spelled "fetid") |
free | gills do not attach to the stem |
fugaceous | soon disappearing e.g. used of scales |
furfuraceous | covered in tiny particles like sand grains |
fusiform | spindle-shaped tapering at both ends |