Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| caducous |
Pertaining to sporangia that become dislodged readily and separate from the sporangiophore (in contrast to being persistent). |
| canker |
A plant disease characterized (in woody plants) by the death of cambium tissue and loss and/or malformation of bark, or (in non-woody plants) by the formation of sharply delineated, dry, necrotic, localized lesions on the stem; "canker" may also be used to refer to the lesion itself, particularly in woody plants |
| chlamydospore |
An asexual spore, usually globose but occasionally ovoid, that is delimited from the mycelium by a septum; may be terminal or intercalary with a thickened inner wall; survives for long periods in soil. |
| clade |
A taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor. |
| clonal lineage |
A population of clonally reproducing individuals that descended from the same ancestor. |
| close sympodium |
A simple sympodium in which the sporangiophores are very short. A clustered sympodium has short sporangiophores as well as short nodes between them. |
| collar |
The portion of the seedling or plant near the surface of the soil; in grafted woody plants, the scion portion of the plant near the soil surface. |
| compound sympodium |
A sympodium with a branched hyphal system from which the sporangiophores initiate, can be irregular or regular. Cf. simple sympodium. |
| crown |
The junction of root and stem of a plant, usually at the soil line; in grafted woody plants, the rootstock portion of the plant near the soil surface. |
| cyst |
An encysted zoospore, a short-lived resting structure enclosed within a cell wall. |