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ARACHNEEN [2 records]

Record 1 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

mycelium: A mass of branching more or less interwoven hyphae that makes up the vegetative body of most true fungi.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
OBS

mycélium : Appareil végétatif arachnéen élaboré par de très nombreux champignons.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

A weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms ... and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.

OBS

plural: cortinae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

Voile filamenteux entre le chapeau et le pied.

CONT

La cortine est un voile arachnéen, ressemblant à des fils d’araignée, tendus entre le haut du stipe et la base du chapeau. Quand le champignon grandit, les fils s’étirent, se brisent et retombent sur le haut du stipe l'entourant comme d’un anneau.

Spanish

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