Other Definitions annulus (enc)
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Annulus| Noun | 1. | annulus - a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"fairy circle, fairy ring - a ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium toroid - the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus | | | 2. | annulus - (Fungi) remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the lower part of the stempartial veil, velum - membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap | |
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