Glossary

acicular, needle-shaped.
acrogenous, development at the apex.
acuminate, gradually narrowing to a point.
adpressed, laying flat against surface.
allantoid, slightly curved with rounded ends.
ampulliform, flask-like with a narrow neck.
amyloid, stained blue by iodine.
ampulliform, flask-like in form.
anamorph, an asexual stage or morph characterized by the production of conidia.
anastomosing, a joining together to form a vein-like net.
annular, ring-like.
anisotomic, with unequal branching.
anticlinal, perpendicular to the surface.
apical cushion, colourless zone running through an amyloid apical dome.
apical dome, the thickened inner part of the ascus wall in the ascus apex.
apiculate, with a short projection at one end.
apiculus, a short projection at one end.
apothecium (pl. apothecia), a cup or saucer-like ascoma in which the hymenium is exposed at maturity.
applanate, flattened.
appressed, see adpressed.
arachnoid, covered with, or formed of, delicate interwoven hairs or fibres.
arcuate, arc-like.
areole, an island-like portion of a crustose thallus separated from adjacent areoles (crazy-paving-like).
articulate, jointed.
ascocarp, ascoma.
ascospore, reproductive body developed in the ascoma.
ascoma (pl. ascomata), any ascus-containing structure.
aseptate, simple, without cross walls.
aspicilioid, apothecia ± immersed in the thallus.
attenuate, narrowed.
axil, joining angle of two lobes or branches.