The Shroomery Mycology 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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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 all| H | |
| hirsute | hairy |
| hispid | covered with stiff bristle-like hairs usually visible to the naked eye. |
| hyaline | clear and colourless |
| hygrophanous | of water-soaked appearance and translucent, changing colour on drying (usually paler) and more opaque |
| hymenium | the fertile sexual spore-bearing tissues (In an Agaric this covers the gills.) |
| hyphae | filamentous threads of a fungal mycelium |
| hypogeous | a fruit-body produced below ground – like truffles |
