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apothecium

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ap·o·the·ci·um  (p-ths-m, -sh-)
n. pl. ap·o·the·ci·a (-s-, -sh-)
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.
[From Latin apothca, storehouse; see apothecary.]
apo·thecial (-shl) adj.
apothecium [ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəm]
n pl -cia [-sɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
[from New Latin, from apo- + Greek thēkion a little case]
apothecial  [ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəl] adj
apothecium  (p-ths-m, -sh-)
Plural apothecia (p-ths-, -sh-)
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.
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Noun1.apothecium - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungiapothecium - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
elf cup - apothecium of a fungus of the family Pezizaceae
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Fruiting bodies: Sessile apothecia, 4-8 mm broad, disc- or saucer-shaped; inner (upper or hymenial) surface bright orange-red, the outer (lower) surface light brown and covered with stiff black hairs (setae) which look like eyelashes rimming the margin; setae rooting in the flesh of the apothecium, up to 45 [mu]m thick, thick-walled, septate, tapering to a point.
The lignicolous fungi of Ginn Woods, Delaware County, Indiana by Nurtjahja, Kiki / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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