Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, annexed or connected: applied to the gills in Agaricus when they reach to the stem but are not adnate to it.
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- adjective botany, mycology Narrowly attached to a
stem orstipe .
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Examples
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The = gills = are white, adnexed, that is they reach the stem by their upper angle.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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+Gills+ close, deeply notched near the stem, a beautiful pale yellow color, scarcely adnexed, broad, somewhat swollen in middle.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The cap has the margin incurved, the gills have a tooth (sinuate), and are adnexed to the stem.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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+Gills+ moderately close, nearly entire, rounded behind and slightly adnexed, swollen in the middle, whitish, becoming yellow.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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Where the gills are not attached to it they are called free; slightly so, adnexed; and when wholly fastened they are adnate.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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The = gills = are broad, free or adnexed, rounded near the stem, white or dull yellowish.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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The = gills = are rounded at the stem and adnexed, rather broad in the middle, distant, yellow, the edge white, or sometimes the gills are entirely white.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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The gills are free from the stem, or only slightly adnexed.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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ENTOLOMA Fr. The volva and annulus are absent in this genus, the spores are rosy, the gills adnate to sinuate or adnexed, easily separating from the stem in some species.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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The = gills = are attached to the stem by the upper angle (adnexed), rounded, or some of them angled, some nearly free.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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