(a.) Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.
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Pileus
Definition:
(n.) A kind of skull cap of felt.
(n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
(n.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Example Sentences:
(1) The main accumulation of mannitol was in the pileus and stipe of the sporophore and was accompanied by a decrease in the soluble protein content of these tissues.
(2) The metacercariae did not grow in the above mentioned hosts at 12 degrees C, but 590 microns long metacercariae developed within 22 days in laboratory-reared A. tonsa at 18 degrees C. The ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus and the holoplanktonic polychaete Tomopteris helgolandica, which were found to be naturally infected with metacercariae of L. excisum, may act as transport hosts.
(3) Symptoms consist of reddening, swelling, and itching, at the sites of contact with pileus cuticle mucilage of all five species.
(4) Pore layer tissues (tested for S. americanus and S. luteus) also produced strong reactions, as did pileus trama (tested for S. luteus).