fruit body
Britishnoun
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In one genus there is no fruit body, but the spines themselves extend downward from the rotten wood, the genus Mucronella.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
In the Helvellaceae there is no apothecium but a large irregular fruit body which at maturity bears the asci on its surface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Hymenophore, the portion of the fruit body which bears the hymenium.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
The form of the fruit body, the difference and the nature of special outgrowths upon it—the appendages—are characteristic of the various genera.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The genus Gyrocephalus differs from the other Tremellineæ in having the fruiting surface on the lower side of the fruit body, while the upper side is sterile.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
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