isidium
English
editEtymology
editAccording to OED, from a genus name Isidium (Acharius 1798), itself from the goddess Isis.
Noun
editisidium (plural isidia)
- (lichenology) A vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens; an outgrowth of the thallus surface, usually with a columnar structure, and consisting of both fungal hyphae and algal cells.
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editreproductive structure
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editReferences
edit“isidium, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Dutch
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Noun
editisidium n (plural isidiën)
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editFurther reading
edit- isidium on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl