Definition of Indusia. Meaning of Indusia. Synonyms of Indusia

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Definition of Indusia

Indusia
Indusium In*du"si*um, n.; pl. Indusia (-[.a]). [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) (a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. (b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. (c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.

Meaning of Indusia from wikipedia

- during development by a scale or film of tissue called the indusium (pl.: indusia), which forms an umbrella-like cover. Sori occur on the sporophyte generation...
- Russia, ****an and Korea. The name silvery comes from the fact that the indusia on the underside of the leaf have a silver color when the sori are close...
- Sori under the leaf of the fern Rumohra adiantiformis. Some are still covered by their indusia....
- submarginally, and are covered by reflexed flaps of leaf tissue which resemble indusia. Dimorphism between sterile and fertile fronds is generally subtle. They...
- sporangia do not reach maturity simultaneously. Many groups in the order lack indusia, but when present, they are attached either along the edge of the indusium...
- very simple anastomosing. The sori are mostly reniform in shape and have indusia, except for the Phegopteris group. During the early and mid 1900's all...
- veining. The underside of each leaflet has sori beneath brown or black indusia. Cyrtomium falcatum is a fairly common outdoor ornamental plant in temperate...
- otherwise highly compound; sporangia mostly born in marginal sori with false indusia that are +/- continuous around the leaf margins; several genera, including:...
- outer edge, and occur on all but the lowest pinnae of fertile fronds. Indusia are absent. Sporangia are yellow to brown at maturity. Spores are produced...
- the pinnules. The specific epithet may really be a reference to the red indusia, which cover the sori. It is semi-evergreen (in cooler climates), with...