dichophysis

English

Noun

dichophysis (plural dichophyses)

1. (mycology) A part of the hyphae of certain fungi which branches into two.
   • 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 391:

     The material in Fries' herbarium has the dichophyses of Asterostromella.

See also

• diapophysis

 

References

• “dichophysis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.