pseudoaethalium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pseudoaethalium (plural pseudoaethalia)
- (mycology) A structure consisting of many sporangia packed together in certain myxomycete species.
- 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43:
- Pseudoaethalia may reach a diameter of 20 cm or more, or, in the case of elongated structures, a length of more than 10 cm.
References[edit]
- “pseudoaethalium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.