subdecurrent

Subdecurrent gills on a mushroom.

English

Adjective

subdecurrent (comparative more subdecurrent, superlative most subdecurrent)

1. (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.