This glossary explains biological, botanical, zoological and mycological terms, as well as terms used in cecidology. It is intended to make the numerous technical terms used in the photo gallery and on the information pages of this website easier to understand.
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Latency period
The period between eating a mushroom and the appearance of the first symptoms of poisoning.
Leaf rolling, leaf folding
Leaf rolling and leaf folding result from faster growth of the lower side of a leaf or inhibition of growth on its upper side. This can produce bends or oval-shaped folds on the upper surface that shelter the inducer from environmental influences and predators, for example leaf rolling by the sawfly Phyllocoptes goniothorax, or leaf folding caused by the gall midge Macrodiplosis pustularis.
Lichenicolous
lichenicolous = living on lichens. Lichenicolous fungi grow on lichens and are usually parasites, more rarely saprophytes.
Lignicolous
lignicolous = living on wood. Lignicolous fungi inhabit and decompose wood. Many are saprophytes, while some are parasites.
Lignin
Lignin is a structural biopolymer incorporated into plant cell walls and responsible for the lignification of cells. See also Wikipedia.
Lugol’s reagent
Lugol’s solution is used in fungal microscopy to stain the ascus pore or ascus apex of ascomycetes blue.
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