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podetium
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po·de·ti·um  (p-dsh-m, -shm)
n. pl. po·de·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
1. A stalklike outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens, bearing the apothecium.
2. A stalklike growth or process.
[New Latin, from Greek pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]
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Noun1.podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
seta - stalk of a moss capsule
plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
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Thallus shrub-like or scale-like, of ascending squamules; fruiting bodies, if present, on simple to slightly branched podetia; podetia resembling resembling cups, or pointed or blunt clubs I--FRUTICOSE LICHENS 2.
The lichen flora of the Joliet Military Training Area by Hyerczyk, Richard D. / Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
The brownish tinged, farinose sorediate podetia with small incurved cups and UV+ thallus (squamatic acid) are diagnostic.
Additions to the lichen flora of Nebraska by Egan, Robert S.; Morgan, Sara; Wetmore, Clifford M.; Ladd, Douglas / Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Thallus scale-like, of ascending squamules; fruiting bodies, if present, red, on simple to slightly branched podetia; podetia resembling pointed or blunt clubs CLADONIA 2.
The lichen flora of Logan County, Illinois by Hyerczyk, Richard D. / Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
 
 
 
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