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Glossary: P.
Pallid:
Pale in colour.
An organism feeding and living on another living species.
Partial veil:
The web of tissue joining the cap margin to the stem before it fully opens.
Pasteurization:
The process of preparation of bulk material with steam, hot water or a dry heat of between 140-160ºF.
Pellicle:
The skin-like covering on the cap of a fungi often gelatinous and which is also separable.
Pencillate:
In the shape of a broom or brush.
Perithecium:
A pear-shaped sac fruit body of some Ascomycetes that surround the asci.
Persistent:
Continuing to exist or recur in spite of interference or treatment.
The physical characteristics observed from the interaction between the host environment and the genotype.
Photosensitive:
Light sensitive.
Phototropic:
Growing towards light.
Pileus:
The cap of the mushroom.
Pith:
The central part of the stem of some mushrooms.
Pleurocystidia:
The sterile cells on the surface of mushroom gills often called facial cystidia.
Pliant:
Pliable or flexible.
Pores:
The cluster tube openings of the Polypores or boletus.
Primary mycelium:
The uninuclate haploid mycelium that originates from the germination of the spore which is otherwise not capable of producing a sporulating organ.
Primordium (pl primordia):
The first recognizable mass of hyphae mycelium that eventually develops into the mushroom fruit body (pinhead).
Pruinose:
Of a powdery appearance.
Pseudorhiza:
A long root-like extension of the stem.
Pseudosclerotium (pl pseudosclerotia):
A mass of conglomerated mycelium tissue like a sclerotium (fibrous overgrowth) which does not produce a fruit body or any new mycelium growth.
Psilocybian:
Hallucinogentic chemical compound: C12H17N2O4P.
Psilocyboid
Having the appearance and shape of a Psilocybe mushroom. ( e g Stropharia ).
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