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Brand Spore :: Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand..

Basidium :: Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example..

Gasteromycetes :: Gasteromycetes (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs..

Volva :: Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops..

Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Fungal :: Fungal (a.) Of or pertaining to fungi.

Fungiform :: Fungiform (a.) Shaped like a fungus or mushroom.

Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.

Mycological :: Mycological (a.) Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia..

Angiosporous :: Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi..

Mycose :: Mycose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Fungilliform :: Fungilliform (a.) Shaped like a small fungus.

Peronate :: Peronate (a.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.

Fungite :: Fungite (n.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.

Peziza :: Peziza (n.) A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors..

Sclerotium :: Sclerotium (n.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot..

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