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pileus

NOUN
  1. a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

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  • The = pileus = is thin, conic, bell-shaped to convex and nearly expanded, sometimes with a small umbo, smooth, and finely striate on the margin, in age the striæ sometimes rugulose from the upturning of the margin. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The development is initiated as a hyphal knot of 0.2 mm or less in diameter, which rapidly develops into a tiny primordium containing the rudimentary tissues of the future pileus and stipe.
  • The = pileus = is hemispherical to convex, and expanded, smooth, whitish, with a tinge of straw color, and covered with torn, thin floccose patches of the upper half of the circumscissile volva. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • CREPIDOTUS Fr. In _Crepidotus_ the pileus is lateral, or eccentric, and thus more or less shelving, or it is resupinate, that is, lying flat or nearly so on the wood. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The metal elements in Pileus and stipe of mushroom were also determined, and the data reveals that the contents of different kinds of metal elements is not same in pileus and stipe of mushroom.
  • The genus _Pleurotus_ is usually recognized without difficulty among the fleshy, white-spored agarics, because of the eccentric (not quite in the center of the pileus) or lateral stem, or by the pileus being attached at one side in a more or less shelving position, or in some species where the upper side of the pileus lies directly against the wood on which the plant is growing, and is then said to be _resupinate_. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • In the genus _Claudopus_, recognized by some, the pileus is eccentric or lateral, that is, the stem is attached near the side of the cap, or the cap is sessile and attached by one side to the wood on which the plant is growing; or the plants are resupinate, that is, they may be spread over the surface of the wood. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The stem is fleshy to fibrous, the same color as the pileus, floccose scaly more or less up to the veil, smooth or white pruinose above the veil, straight or curved, somewhat striate below. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The = pileus = is convex, the disk expanded, and the margin incurved and more or less wavy or repand on the extreme edge. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • Peridium, the wall of the puff-balls, etc. Pileus (pl. pilei), the cap of the mushroom. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
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