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Soredia

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so·re·di·um  (s-rd-m)
n. pl. so·re·di·a (-d-)
A specialized asexual reproductive unit of lichens consisting of a mass of algal cells surrounded by fungal hyphae.

[New Latin srdium, diminutive of Greek sros, heap; see sorus.]

so·redi·al (-d-l) adj.


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Tips of podetia pointed, soredia farinose, fine and powdery Cladonia subulata Cladonia coniocraea (Florke) Sprengel Rare on a weathered stump in a shaded oak woodland (#1687).
The only reported later exploration work at Mayoko was prospecting and mining of more than 13,100 carats of alluvial diamonds by SOREDIA (Society for Diamond Research) after World War II, prospecting and diamond mining by a Russian group in the late 1960's, and a brief, unsuccessful look for kimberlite pipes during part of a recent rainy season by SouthernEra Diamonds.
Over 36,000 carats of alluvial diamonds were commercially mined in the mid-1950's by SOREDIA.
 
 
 
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