DECURRENT

Decurrent

Decurrent is a term used in botany and mycology to describe plant or fungal parts that extend downward.

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decurrent

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
  2. Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom.
    In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent.
  3. running or extending downwards.


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