Definition of Apothecium. Meaning of Apothecium. Synonyms of Apothecium

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Definition of Apothecium

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

Meaning of Apothecium from wikipedia

- An apothecium (plural: apothecia) is a wide, open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped fruit body. It is sessile and fleshy. The structure of the apothecium chiefly...
- apothecium has an outer margin, the margin is called the exciple.: 14  When the exciple has a color similar to colored thallus tissue the apothecium or...
- (3.5 square miles), with an estimated age of nearly 9,000 years. The apothecium—a specialized structure important in ****ual reproduction in the ascomycetes—is...
- A microscopic section of a lichen apothecium (Amandinea punctata)...
- spherical and closed. Apothecia: The asci are in a bowl shaped ascoma (apothecium). These are sometimes called the "cup fungi". Pseudothecia: Asci with...
- Sphagnum moss plant with compact clusters of young branches; also the apothecium (fruiting body) of lichens of the order Calicium the capitulum of the...
- the apothecium, known as the exciple, is made of tightly packed fungal cells (paraplectenchymatous) and is 30–50 μm wide. Inside the apothecium, the...
- unbranched paraphyses. Apothecium also contained hypothecium which formed by thin-walled hyphae and without excipulum. The tiny apothecium is hemispherical...
- year but breaks the surface in the spring to form a cream-coloured cup (apothecium) up to 7 cm across and 5 cm tall. This species occurs in small groups...
- becomes more pruinose toward the top and typically has a single round apothecium that is immersed with a dark brown disc, so as to appear like a collection...