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

- concentrically layered, and fissured excipulum, which gives the impression that the Schizotrema-like excipulum is concealed beneath a protective layer...
- consists of three parts: hymenium (upper concave surface), hypothecium, and excipulum (the "foot"). The asci are present in the hymenium layer. The asci are...
- hyphae known as the excipulum. This tissue layer, analogous to parenchyma found in plants, gives the tissue a fibrous texture. The excipulum layer averages...
- 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...
- 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...
- the lack of a thalline margin, and the complete carbonisation of the excipulum. The genus Thecographa features apothecia (fruiting bodies) that are initially...
- Characteristics of the genus include flat apothecia (fruiting bodies), an excipulum with a prosoplectenchymatous tissue structure, eight-spored asci with...
- defined, granular thallus, and a greenish hue in the epihymenium and excipulum edge. "Bacidia kurilensis Gerasimova, A. Ezhkin & A. Beck". Catalogue...
- dimidiate excipulum. Dimidiographa is reminiscent of the genus Opegrapha, but it can be distinguished mainly by its unique dimidiate excipulum (where the...
- The excipulum is of the granifera-type, remaining entire, and is whitish to cream-coloured, bulging, and elevated above the disc. The ectal excipulum is...