The sterile fungi, or "mycelia sterilia" are a group of
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sterile — Relating to or characterized by sterility. [L. sterilis, barren] * * * ster·ile ster əl, chiefly Brit .īl adj 1) failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring <a sterile hybrid> compare INFERTILE 2) free from living organisms and… … Medical dictionary
sterile — adj. 1) (of a living organism) barren; unable to reproduce its kind (see sterility). 2) (of inanimate objects) completely free from bacteria, fungi, viruses, or other microorganisms that could cause infection … The new mediacal dictionary
Cyphelloid fungi — The cyphelloid fungus Calyptella longipes, Australia The cyphelloid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota that have disc , tube , or cup shaped basidiocarps (fruit bodies), resembling species of discomycetes (or cup fungi ) in the… … Wikipedia
Rhizoctonia solani — (Anamorph) R. solani hyphae showing the distinguishing right angles Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) … Wikipedia
aseptic — Sterile, free of contaminating organisms (bacteria, fungi, algae but not generally including viruses, and particularly not internal symbionts) … Glossary of Biotechnology
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
termite — /terr muyt/, n. any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc. Also called white ant. [1775 85; taken as sing. of… … Universalium
plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
