apothecium

English

diagram of an apothecium

Noun

apothecium (plural apothecia)

1. (lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.

Related terms

• apothecary

Translations

the ascigerous fructification of lichens

• Catalan: apoteci (ca) m
• Dutch: apothecium
• Finnish: kotelomalja
• French: apothécie (fr) f
• German: Apothecium n
• Irish: apaitéiciam m
• Italian: apotècio m
• Polish: apotecjum n, miseczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: apotécio m
• Spanish: apotecio m
• Swedish: apothecium (sv) n

References

• “apothecium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.