secotioid

Adjective

Meaning

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secotioid (not comparable)

Relating to fungi of the genus Secotium

Examples

Agaricus deserticola is a secotioid species of Agaricus (the genus of common cultivated mushrooms) which at one time was placed in the genus Secotium. Source: Internet

Fungi which do not open up to let their spores be dispersed in the air, but which show a clear morphological relation to agarics or boletes, constitute an intermediate form and are called secotioid. Source: Internet

Like gasteroid fungi, secotioid ones rely on animals such as rodents or insects to distribute their spores. Source: Internet

Puffballs and similar forms are thought to have evolved convergently (that is, in numerous independent events) from Hymenomycetes by gasteromycetation, through secotioid stages. Source: Internet

This suggests that the emergence of a secotioid species may not require many mutations. Source: Internet

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