Definition of Excipulum. Meaning of Excipulum. Synonyms of Excipulum

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Definition of Excipulum

Excipulum
Exciple Ex"ci*ple, Excipulum Ex*cip"u*lum, n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Meaning of Excipulum from wikipedia

- dimidiate excipulum. Dimidiographa is reminiscent of the genus Opegrapha, but it can be distinguished mainly by its unique dimidiate excipulum (where the...
- composed of two layers, an ectal excipulum 103–217 μm thick composed of structural hyaline and a medullary excipulum 71–236 μm thick composed of interwoven...
- consists of three parts: hymenium (upper concave surface), hypothecium, and excipulum (the "foot"). The asci are present in the hymenium layer. The asci are...
- will fade upon drying. The outer surface is less brightly colored. The excipulum, the tissue making up the walls of the apothecium, is thin and flexible...
- concentrically layered, and fissured excipulum, which gives the impression that the Schizotrema-like excipulum is concealed beneath a protective layer...
- Characteristics of the genus include flat apothecia (fruiting bodies), an excipulum with a prosoplectenchymatous tissue structure, eight-spored asci with...
- hyphae known as the excipulum. This tissue layer, analogous to parenchyma found in plants, gives the tissue a fibrous texture. The excipulum layer averages...
- protruding and have a free excipulum and a distinctive double margin. The thalline margin bulges and remains whole, while the excipulum is prominent and wavy-lobed...
- extends almost to the base of the perithecium, where it diverges from the excipulum (the outer wall of the fruiting body). The outermost layer of the involucrellum...
- complete thalline margins, a distinct clear hymenium, completely carbonized excipulum, small ascospores that are trans-septate and range from 20 to 23 μm in...