Definition of Apothecia. Meaning of Apothecia. Synonyms of Apothecia

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Definition of Apothecia

Apothecia
Apothecium Apo`*the"ci*um, n.; pl. Apothecia. [NL.] (Bot.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

Meaning of Apothecia from wikipedia

- contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are most commonly bowl-shaped (apothecia) but may take on a spherical or flask-like form that has a pore opening...
- refers to the apothecia of lichens that have a flat, disk-like shape. discolichen A grouping of ascolichens that produce disk-like apothecia, somewhat analogous...
- pink-brown apothecia (fruiting bodies) and lacking soredia and isidia. Its areoles are closely pressed against the substrate, with the apothecia containing...
- fruiting bodies (apothecia) that are typically colored bright red or yellow, although a colorless variety of S. coccinea is known. Apothecia usually have...
- ****ociated lichenicolous fungi. It is variable with either curved or stellate apothecia. The margins are carbonaceous and raised, without furrows. Mature spores...
- rim lichens. Members of the genus have roughly circular fruiting discs (apothecia) with rims that have photosynthetic tissue similar to that of the nonfruiting...
- one 1 mm round to angular apothecia immersed in it, outside desert habitats, but may have 2 to 10 per in deserts. Two apothecia may merged leaving a peninsula...
- the genus are commonly called strap lichens: 189  or cartilage lichens. Apothecia are lecanorine.: 189  It is in the family Ramalinaceae and in the suborder...
- types of ascomata are the apothecium (plural: apothecia) and perithecium (plural: perithecia).: 14  Apothecia are usually cups or plate-like discs located...
- the lichen genus Lecanora, whose members have such apothecia. If a lichen has lecanorine apothecia, the lichen itself is sometimes described as being...