sorediate

English

Etymology

soredium +‎ -ate

Adjective

sorediate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.

   Synonym: sorediferous

   a sorediate lichen

   • 2001, Irwin M. Brodo, Stephen Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, page 527:

     […] smooth and shiny with large soralia (actually, fruiting warts that have become sorediate and are rarely fertile) […]