morchelloid
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
morchelloid (comparative more morchelloid, superlative most morchelloid)
- (mycology) Relating to or resembling morels of the genus Morchella.
- 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 51:
- In this subclass the sporophores are columnar, dendroid, or morchelloid consisting of a spongy matrix on the surface of which the protoplast cleaves into individual, uninucleate, amoeboid cells (protospores), each of which elevates a stalk bearing a single spore at the tip.
References edit
- “morchelloid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.