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daedaloid

Terms discussed: anastomose, anastomosing, cross-veined




Photo of Daedalea quercina by John Denk
Daedalea quercina
Maze-like. Resembling the legendary Labyrinth built by Daedalus. Lamellae that fork and cross one another to form long twisty passageways and small chambers between them are called daedaloid (or dedaleoid). Any structure on a mushroom - - be it gills, ridges on the stalk, or just colored lines - - that makes a transition from orderly parallel lines to an irregular configuration, forking and crossing over one another, is said to have anastomosed (we don't have a verb "daedaleize").

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The adjectives anastomose and daedaloid really mean same thing, but because of where we generally learn the terms (natural language), daedaloid tends to get applied to the tough, woody taxa in Maze-o-porus, and anastomose is the term of choice when addressing the Agaricales.

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Cantharellus lutescens
Gills that cross over one another but still keep the same general direction are sometimes called cross-veined, or interveined

 

 


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