Definition of Cephalodia. Meaning of Cephalodia. Synonyms of Cephalodia

- A cephalodium (pl. cephalodia) is a small gall-like structure found in some lichens. They occur only in lichens which contain both cyanobacterial and green...
- species of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (contained within dark, blistered cephalodia), and a species of green alga. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753...
- the latter often confined to specialised wart-like structures known as cephalodia. This arrangement reflects the remarkable diversity within cyanolichens...
- cyanobacteria may be held on the upper or lower surface in small pustules called cephalodia. Pruinia is a whitish coating on top of an upper surface. An epinecral...
- isidia are present on the thallus surface. Minute (0.5–1.5 mm in diameter) cephalodia—pockets of cyanobacteria—are often present on the lower surface of the...
- ("shrub") and -phora ("carrier"), and refers to the finely branched, shrubby cephalodia that are "carried" by the chlorobiont. The lichen occurs in Australia...
- alga photobiont (Coccomyxa) and the cyanobacteria is restricted to warty cephalodia on the upper or lower surface of the lichen. Species of Nephroma have...
- characterised by its squamulose to almost foliose thallus, con****uous cephalodia containing the cyanobacterium Scytonema, and distinctive ascus structure...
- and sometimes on stems, cephalodia and apothecia. Endococcus nanellus, Infects phyllocladia and sometimes on stems, cephalodia and apothecia. Often found...
- conditions, the lobes may grow more spread apart. Pannaria durietzii cephalodia, which contain blue-green algae (Nostoc). These appear as pale brown to...