Terminology used in this Atlas is explained below. The reader is also referred to the Dictionary of the Fungi (Hawksworth et al., 1995). For descriptive terms in morphology, the Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology (Ulloa & Hanlin, 2000) is recommended. Diagram of used shape terminology
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – K – L – M – N – O – P – R – S – T – U – V – W Y Z
Glossary – R
rachis (plural: rachids) – apical elongate part of a cell bearing conidia.
radiate -(taxonomic structure) containing a large number of closely related species.
radiate -(Aspergillus morphology) diverging conidial chains.
ramoconidia – plural of ramoconidium, -lower, branch-like conidium in a sympodial conidial chain of Cladosporium, Cladophialophora and similar fungi.
ramoconidium (plural: ramoconidia) – lower, branchlike conidium in a sympodial conidial chain of Cladosporium, Cladophialophora and similar fungi.
rectangular – broadly cylindrical, with parallel walls.
recurved – curving backwards.
reflexive branching – backward branching at hyphal septa.
reniform – kidney or beanshaped.
reservoir – (in ecology) an environment where the fungus maintains, generates diversity by recombination, and from which it recolonizes its niche.
resistance factor – property of a fungus enhancing survival in host tissue.
restricted – with limited expansion growth, colony attaining less than 2 cm in 14 d.
reticulate – with netlike structure.
retraction septa – series of septa adjacent to lysing part of a hypha.
reverse – backside of colony in Petridish.
rhexolytic – conidial liberation in which an intermediate, supporting cell is sacrified.
rhizoid – rootlike structure with which the organism grows into the substrate.
rhomboidal – kiteshaped with conically narrowed walls.
rocketshaped – lanceolate, slender, with somewhat swollen base and acute apex.
rostrate – beaked, with rostrum.
rostrum – broad, beaklike elongation.
rugose – roughwalled with somewhat irregular ornamentation.
rugulose – finely roughwalled with somewhat irregular ornamentation.
