subdecurrent
English
Subdecurrent gills on a mushroom.
Etymology
sub- + decurrent
Adjective
subdecurrent (comparative more subdecurrent, superlative most subdecurrent)
- (botany, mycology) Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is subdecurrent.