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Pluteus

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Plu´te`us
n.1.(Zool.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
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Noun1.Pluteus - a large genus of fungi belonging to the family PluteaceaePluteus - a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer
genus Pluteus, roof mushroom
fungus genus - includes lichen genera
family Pluteaceae, Pluteaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Pluteus aurantiorugosus - an agaric with a brilliant scarlet cap and a slender stalk
Pluteus magnus, sawdust mushroom - an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled
deer mushroom, Pluteus cervinus - a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods
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During normal development with a high concentration diet, growth of the pluteus larva seems to be primarily an increase in dimension of the feeding structures, the arms, that requires little production.
Effect of food concentration on protein and carbohydrate production ... by Miloslavich, Patricia; Lawrence, John M.; Schiopu, Daniela; Klein, Eduardo / Journal of Shellfish Research
BASIDIOMYCOTA Order Agaricales Family Pluteaceae Pluteus cervinus (Schaeff.
The lignicolous fungi of Ginn Woods, Delaware County, Indiana by Nurtjahja, Kiki / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
In additional studies, we found that these antagonists protected the late larvae (prism and pluteus stages) from chlorpyrifos-induced lethality.
An Invertebrate Model of the Developmental Neurotoxicity of ... by Slotkin, Theodore A. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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