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Record 1 2016-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Mushroom Growing
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Golden Waxy Cap.... Slimy, orange-yellow cap with yellow gills and orange-yellow stalk with white base. [The] cap [is] convex, with incurved margin, becoming flat or sunken in center, or knobbed...

OBS

Habitat: Scattered to numerous, on soil and humus in deciduous and mixed woods; often in wet, mossy areas.

OBS

Edible mushroom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Culture des champignons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Hygrophore jaune orangé. [...] Chapeau : 2,5 - 7 cm, plutôt convexe puis étalé avec le temps, parfois avec disque déprimé; marge incurvée au début, parfois renversée et flexueuse chez les spécimens matures; orange brillant, plus pâle vers la marge; visqueux, lisse, ensuite sec et luisant, marge striée et humide. Lamelles : jaunes, cireuses, adnexées, serrées à quasi distantes. Pied : 40 - 70 [mm d'hauteur]; orange jaunâtre avec base blanchâtre [...]

OBS

Champignon comestible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mosses and Related Plants
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A moss of the family Ptychomitriaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mousse de la famille des Ptychomitriaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Juncaceae.

Key term(s)
  • European meadow-rush
  • European meadowrush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Juncaceae.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The incurved point of the petal in Umbelliferae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Pointe infléchie des pétales des Ombellifères [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1979-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

having an inward curvature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

[...] courbé en dedans.

CONT

La marge piléique par exemple, est dite incurvée quand elle est nettement arrondie en direction du bas, quand sa courbure tend à refermer le bord du chapeau.

Spanish

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Record 6 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
CONT

[Bivalves of the Family Desertellidae have a shell that is] medium-sized, equivalve subequilateral, subtrigonal, but with [a] posterior end [that] is high and subtruncate; length and height [are] almost equal; [they have a] blunt diagonal ridge delimiting [a] relatively narrow posterior area; [the] shell wall [is] thick; [the] unbones [are] moderately well inflated and incurved, slightly opisthogyrous; [they have] no lunule or esiutcheon; [the] ligament [is] external, opisthodetic; [the] nymph [is] short and thick. Each valve [has] two teeth diverging from [the] beak, LV anterior and RV posterior almost equal in size, very stout and prominent, bluntly pointed, received in deep recesses; LV posterior and RV anterior [are] also almost equal, less prominent than [the] other two, each elongated and close to [the] margin, and each received in [a] recess between [the] major tooth of [the] opposite valve and [the] margin adjacent to it; [the] dentition of [the] valves thus [appears] identical when [the] interior of [the] shell is viewed; [the] adductor scars [are] subequal, placed rather dorsally, [the] posterior ones [are] almost superficial, each with [a] small accessory scar above it, [the] anterior ones [are] slightly impressed, each with [a] low buttress-like thickening of [the] shell wall on its posterior side in some specimens, and [a] small accessory scar on its posteroventral side; [the] pallial line [is] entire. [The] surface [has] fine concentric striae. [The] original shell structure(whether nacreous or not [is] unknown. [The] habitat [is] nonmarine.) "L Cret.(?ALB.) ".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

[Les damellibranles de la famille des Desortellidae ont une] coquille équivalve, inéquilatérale, [au] bord antérieur allongé [et au] bord postérieur court. [Les] crochets [sont] opposés. [Ils ont une] carène limitant du côté postérieur une aréa plus petite que le flanc. [L'] ornementation [est] faite de fines stries concentriques et de quelques stries rayonnantes. [Ils ont une] charnière identique sur les deux valves et composée d'une fossette parallèle au bord de la coquille, d'une dent triangulaire très saillante, d'une fossette triangulaire de même forme que cette dent, d'une dent lamellaire. Ces quatre éléments sont disposés en allant du bord postérieur vers le bord antérieur sur la valve droite, et du bord antérieur vers le bord postérieur sur la valve gauche. [Ils ont une] empreinte palléale entière; deux empreintes des adducteurs; [et une] trace des insertions des muscles d'attache du pied et du sac viscéral.

Spanish

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Record 7 1977-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] subfamily Orthinae(...) [have the following characteristics; the] interareas [are] short, incurved, [the] hinge lines [are] wide; [the] notothyrium [is] not covered by [the] chilidium; [the] dental plates [are] short, receding, divergent. M. Cam.-L. Dev.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Brachiopodes de la] sous-famille des Orthinae (...) [ont le] sommet ventral fortement incurvé. Ordovicien inférieur et moyen.

Spanish

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