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noun (noun, pl. nouns) – the following glossary entries belong to this word form:

Abbreviation, Abundance, Accessory Photobiont, Acidic Rock, Adhesive Disc, Adhesive Disk, Adjective, Adverb, Aggregation, Alga, Algae, Algal Layer, Algal Sheath, Alpine Belt, Altitude, Altitudinal Belt, Amphithecia, Amphithecial Cortex, Amphithecial Pigment, Amphithecium, Amylomycan, Anamorph, Anastomoses, Anastomosis, Anatomies, Anatomy, Anisogamic Gametangiogamy, Anneau Apicale, Anneaux Apicales, Annuli, Annulus, Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic Zone, Antheridia, Antheridium, Apical Apparatus, Apical Apparatuses, Apical Bodies, Apical Body, Apical Brightness, Apical Cap, Apical Crown, Apical Cushion, Apical Dome, Apical Furrow, Apical Nasse, Apical Plug, Apical Pore, Apical Ring, Apical Spore Wall Thickening, Apices, Apiculae, Apiculus, Apothecia, Apothecial Disc, Apothecial Disk, Apothecium, Appearance, Appendage, Appendix Organ, Apposition, Appressoria, Appressorium, Arceutina Yellow, Archaeasci, Archaeascus, Archaegonia, Archaegonium, Arctic Zone, Ardella, Ardellae, Areola, Areolae, Areole, Arnoldiana Brown, Arrangement, Asci, Ascocarp, Ascocarp Margin, Ascogeneous Hypha, Ascogeneous Hyphae, Ascogonia, Ascogonium, Ascolichen, Ascoma, Ascomata, Ascomycete, Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Ascoplasm, Ascospore, Ascospore Discharge, Ascospore Type, Ascus, Ascus Cap, Ascus Crown, Ascus Dehiscence, Ascus Dehiscence Type, Ascus Pendant, Ascus Plug, Ascus Pore, Ascus Stipitation, Ascus Type, Ascus Wall Layer, Asexual Reproduction, Aspect, Atra Brown, Atra Red, Atranorin, Attachment, Attachment Organ, Attenuation, Attributes, Austral Zone, Australian Floristic Kingdom, Austrosubtropic Zone, Author, Author Citation, Autonym, Axes, Axial Bodies, Axial Body, Axial Canal, Axial Mass, Axial Masses, Axial Plug, Axil, Axis, Bacteria, Bagliettoana Green, Ball Tipped Rhizine, Basal Cell, Basal Disc, Basal Disk, Basal Exciple, Base, Basic Rock, Basidia, Basidium, Basiodiocarp, Basionym, Basis, Bayonet Like Sterigma, Bayonet Like Sterigmata, Beak, Beltraminia Type, Bicincta Type, Binominal, Biological Character, Biological Classification, Biological Structure, Biota, Bischoffii Type, Bitunicate Asci, Bitunicate Ascus, Bivalve Dehiscence, Blade, Blasteniospore, Blastidia, Blastidium, Blue Green Algae, Boreal Zone, Boreosubtropic Zone, Boundaries, Boundary, Bourrelet, Branch, Branches, Branching Pattern, Branchlet, Brightness, Bryophyte, Budding, Budding Mycelia, Budding Mycelium, Bulla, Bullae, Ca Oxalate Crystal, Caesiocinerea Green, Calcarea Type, Calcareous Rock, Calciphile, Calciphobe, Calcite, Callispora Type, Campylidium, Canal, Capabilities, Capability, Capitellae, Capitellum, Capitulae, Capitulum, Carbonization, Cartilaginous Layer, Category, Caverna, Cavernae, Cavernula, Cavernulae, Cell Aggregate, Cell Colonies, Cell Colony, Cell Conglomerate, Cell Lumen, Cell Lumina, Cell Organization, Cell Organization Type, Centrae, Central Axes, Central Axis, Central Cone, Central Cord, Central Exciple, Centrum, Cephalodia, Cephalodium, Cetraria Type Lichenan, Chalk, Character, Character State, Character Value, Checklist, Chemical Race, Chemical Strain, Chemodeme, Chemospecies, Chemosyndrome, Chemotype, Chlorobiont, Chlorobionta, Chlorophyta, Chondroid Axes, Chondroid Axis, Chondroid Strand, Chorologies, Chorology, Chroma, Chromatography, Cichoracearum Type, Cilia, Cilium, Cinereorufa Green, Circumscriptum Type, Clade, Cladistics, Clarities, Clarity, Classification, Cleistothecia, Cleistothecium, Clypei, Clypeus, Coastal Vegetation Belt, Cochineal, Coenobia, Coenobium, Collection, Colline Belt, Colonies, Colony, Color, Color Intensities, Colour, Colour Brightness, Colour Cast, Colour Intensities, Colour Intensity, Colour Saturation, Colour Shade, Colour Term, Colour Tint, Colour Tone, Colour Type, Colour Value, Colour Wheel, Columnar Isidia, Columnar Isidium, Columnella, Commensal, Commensalism, Compartmentalization, Composition, Conceptacle, Conceptacula, Conceptaculum, Cone Cortex, Cone Cortexes, Cone Cortices, Conidia, Conidial Ramification Pattern, Conidial Wall, Conidiogeneous Cell, Conidiogenesis, Conidiogenesis Type, Conidioma, Conidiomata, Conidiophore, Conidiophore Type, Conidiospore, Conidium, Connection, Conradii Type, Consistencies, Consistency, Constriction, Content, Continent, Continentality, Continuity, Convolution, Cord, Coria, Corium, Cormi, Cormus, Corona, Coronae, Cortex, Cortex Rhizine, Cortexes, Cortical Exciple, Corticated Medulla Rhizine, Cortices, Crack, Crozier, Crustaceous, Cryptic Species, Cuff Shaped Soralia, Cuff Shaped Soralium, Cup, Cup Fungi, Cup Fungus, Cupular Exciple, Curvature, Cyanobacteria, Cyanobacterium, Cyanobiont, Cyanolichen, Cyanophyta, Cyanotrophies, Cyanotrophy, Cyphella, Cyphellae, Dactyl, Dactylospora Type, Darkness, Data, Decomposer, Deformation, Dehiscence, Delimitation, Dense Textura Intricata, Densities, Density, Dependencies, Dependency, Deprecated Term, Depside, Depsidone, Description, Destruent, Detritus, Development, Diagnoses, Diagnosis, Diahypha, Diameter, Diaspore, Differentiation, Dimension, Dimple, Diplotomma Type, Dirinaria Type, Disc, Discocarp, Discolichen, Discomycete, Disk, Dispersal, Distance, Distinctiveness, Distosepta, Distoseptum, Distribution, Distribution Area, Distribution Belt, Distribution Limit, Distribution Pattern, Distribution Sector, Druse, Dryina Type, EMS, Early Septum Formation, Early Spore Septum Formation, East, Ecology, Ecotype, Ectal Exciple, Ectosporia, Ectosporium, Edge, Effective Publication, Elachista Brown, Elevation, Enclosure, Endoasci, Endoascus, Endocytobioses, Endocytobiosis, Endophyte, Endospore, Endospore Septa, Endospore Septum, Endospore Swelling, Endospore Thickening, Endosporia, Endosporium, Endosymbioses, Endosymbiosis, Endotunica, Endotunicae, English, Enterographa Type, Envelope, Enveloping Membrane System, Epicortex, Epicortexes, Epicortices, Epihymenia, Epihymenium, Epiphyte, Epiplasm, Episamma, Epispore, Episporia, Episporium, Epithecia, Epithecium, Epithet, Equator, Eucortex, Euoidium Type, Eusepta, Euseptum, Euthyplectenchyma, Eutrophication, Evanescence Type Dehiscence, Eversible Apical Ring, Eversion Type Dehiscence, Excavation, Exciple, Excipulae, Excipulae Inferioris, Excipulae Lateralis, Excipulae Propriae, Excipulae Thallinae, Excipular Hypha, Excipular Hyphae, Excipuloid Hypha, Excipuloid Hyphae, Excipulum, Excipulum Inferioris, Excipulum Lateralis, Excipulum Proprium, Excipulum Thallinum, Exoasci, Exoascus, Exosymbioses, Exosymbiosis, Exotunica, Exotunicae, Expansible Inner Layer, Exposure, Exsiccata, Exsiccatae, Exsiccatum, Extenditunicate Type Dehiscence, Extension, Extent, Extrusion, Extrusion Type Dehiscence, False Isidia, False Isidium, False Septum, False Tissue, Fascicle, Fasciculae, Fasciculus, Fauna, Fertile Hypha, Fertile Hyphae, Fertile Structure, Fertilization, Fibril, Fibrosin Bodies, Fibrosin Body, Fine Structure, Fissural Soralia, Fissural Soralium, Fissurate Dehiscence, Fissure, Fixation Disc, Fixation Disk, Flagella, Flagellum, Flattening, Flexibilities, Flexibility, Flora, Floristic Element, Floristic Kingdom, Floristic Province, Floristic Region, Floristic Subkingdom, Floristic Zone, Fold, Foliaceous, Foliaceous Phyllocladia, Foliaceous Phyllocladium, Foliole, Foot, Foot Cell, Form, Formae, Formation, Fragmentation Region, Free Cell Formation, Front, Fruit Wart, Fruiting Bodies, Fruiting Body, Fulcra, Fulcrum, Fuliginea Type, Fusion, Fuzzy Coat, Gametangia, Gametangiogamy, Gametangium, Gamete, Gamut, Gel, Gelatine, Gelatinization, Gelatinous Sheath, Gelin, Genera, General Growth Morphologies, General Growth Morphology, Genome, Genus, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Factor, Geographic Range, Geographical Parallel, German, Gleba, Glebae, Globular Isidia, Globular Isidium, Glomerulae, Glomerule, Glomerulus, Glossiness, Goniocyst, Goniocystangia, Goniocystangium, Goniocystula, Goniocystulae, Grain, Granule, Granuliform Phyllocladia, Granuliform Phyllocladium, Graphidian Apothecia, Graphidian Apothecium, Gray, Greek, Green Alga, Green Algae, Growth, Growth Form, Growth Habit, Growth Limitation, Guttule, Gyri, Gyrodisc, Gyrodisk, Gyrus, Habit, Habitat, Hafter, Hair, Halo, Hamathecia, Hamathecium, Hapter, Hapteron, Hapterons, Haustoria, Haustorium, Height, Hemisphere, Hertelii Green, Heterotypic Homonym, Historical Factor, Holarctic Floristic Kingdom, Holarctic Zone, Holdfast, Holomorph, Holotype, Homalotropa Type, Homonym, Homotypic Homonym, Horizontal Thalli, Horizontal Thallus, Hormocyst, Hormocystangia, Hormocystangium, Hormocytangium, Hormocyte, Host, Hue, Humidity, Humus, Hydrophily, Hymenia, Hymenium, Hypha, Hyphae, Hyphal Mycelia, Hyphal Mycelium, Hyphal Net, Hyphal Rhizoid, Hyphophore, Hypnorum Blue, Hypothalli, Hypothallus, Hypothecia, Hypothecial Extension, Hypothecium, Hysterothecia, Hysterothecium, Imbrication, Individual, Inner Exciple, Insolubilities, Insolubility, Inspersion, Integrities, Integrity, Intensities, Intensity, Interascal Hypha, Interascal Hyphae, Interascal Hyphae Apical Cell, Interascal Hyphae Subapical Cell, Interascal Pseudoparenchyma, Interior, Intermediate Layer, Intrusa Yellow, Intumescence, Involucrellae, Involucrellum, Iodine, Isidia, Isidioid Granule, Isidioid Soredia, Isidioid Soredium, Isidioid Tip, Isidiomorph, Isidiose Soredia, Isidiose Soredium, Isidium, Isogamic Gametangiogamy, Isolectotype, Isolichenan, Isonym, Isotype, Isthmi, Isthmus, Isthmuses, Jack In The Box, Jenikii Type, Juga, Jugae, Kind, Label Data, Labiae, Labium, Lacinia, Lacinium, Lacuna, Lacunae, Lagoon, Lamella, Lamellae, Lamina, Laminae, Laminal Soralia, Laminal Soralium, Late Septum Formation, Lateral Exciple, Lateral Gene Transfer, Lateral Spore Wall Thickening, Latin, Latitude, Laurocerasi Brown, Lecanactis Type, Lectotype, Leiodisc, Leiodisk, Length, Leptocline Brown, Leptoclinoides Brown, Lichen, Lichen Acid, Lichen Substance, Lichen Symbioses, Lichen Symbiosis, Lichenan, Life Cycle, Lifestyle, Light Transparencies, Light Transparency, Lightness, Ligna, Lignum, Limestone, Limitation, Linear Soralia, Linear Soralium, Linnaean System, Lirella, Lirellae, Literature, Litmus, Litter, Littoral, Lobaria Type, Lobe, Lobe Length, Lobe Lengths, Lobula, Lobulae, Lobule, Localities, Locality, Location, Locule, Longitude, Loose Textura Intricata, Lower Cell, Lower Conidiophore Cell, Lower Cortex, Lower Exciple, Lower Range, Lower Surface Structure, Lower Thallus Surface, Lower Thecium, Lugols Solution, Lumen, Lumina, Macaedia, Macaedium, Macroconidia, Macroconidium, Macrolichen, Macula, Maculae, Main Subunit, Main Thalli, Main Thallus, Manubria, Manubrium, Margin, Marginal Soralia, Marginal Soralium, Mat, Matrices, Matrix, Mazaedia, Mazaedium, Mechanism, Median Thickening, Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean Zone, Medulla, Medulla Rhizine, Medullary Cavities, Medullary Cavity, Medullary Exciple, Melaena Red, Melaenida Red, Meltzers Reagent, Meridian, Meridional Zone, Mesoconidia, Mesoconidium, Methathalli, Methathallus, Microconidia, Microconidium, Microlichen, Micrometer, Micrometre, Micron, Milvina Type, Mineral Composition, Mineral Content, Mischoblastia, Mischoblastia Type, Mischoblastium, Mniaecia Green, Modified Thallus Part, Mold, Montane Belt, Morph, Morphodeme, Morphologies, Morphology, Morphotype, Mucilage, Mucilaginous Sheath, Multicellular Organism, Mutualism, Mycelia, Mycelial Cord, Mycelium, Mycobiont, Mycobiota, Mycoflora, Mycophycobioses, Mycophycobiosis, Mycota, Name, Nassacre, Nasse Axiale, Nearctic Zone, Necroses, Necrosis, Neotropic, Neotropic Floristic Kingdom, Neotropis, Neotype, New Combination, Nodule, Nomenclatural Type, Nomenclature, Norstictic Acid, North, Note, Nuclei, Number, Oceanity, Ocular Chamber, Oidiopsis Type, Oidium Type, Oil Droplet, Omphalodisc, Omphalodisk, Ontogeneses, Ontogenesis, Ontogenies, Ontogeny, Opaqueness, Opegraphaceae Spore Type, Operculi, Operculum, Orchil, Orchill, Orcularia Type, Organ, Organic Content, Organic Soil Content, Organization, Orientation, Orifice, Origin, Original Collection, Original Material, Original Publication, Orographies, Orography, Orthographic Variant, Ostiola, Ostiolar Apparatus, Ostiolar Apparatuses, Ostiolar Canal, Ostiolar Filament, Ostiole, Ostiolum, Outer Layer, Outline, Ovulariopsis Type, Pachysporaria Type, Pachyspore, Pairing, Palaearctic Zone, Palaeotropic Floristic Kingdom, Paleotropic, Palisade, Pallisade Plectenchyma, Pannosa Type, Papilla, Papillae, Parallel, Parallel Geographical, Paraphyses, Paraphysis, Paraphysoid, Paraplectenchyma, Parasexual Cycle, Parasite, Parasitism, Parasymbiont, Parasymbioses, Parasymbiosis, Parathecia, Parathecial Crown, Parathecium, Paratype, Parenchyma, Patch, Patches, Patellarioides Type, Pattern, Pedicel, Pellicle, Perifulcra, Perifulcrum, Periphyses, Periphysis, Periphysoid, Perispore, Perithecia, Perithecial Envelope, Perithecial Wall, Perithecium, Permission, Persistence, Phenetics, Phenocortex, Phenocortexes, Phenocortices, Phenologies, Phenology, Phialide, Phorophyte, Photobiont, Photobiont Layer, Photosymbiodeme, Phycobiont, Phyllidia, Phyllidium, Phyllocladia, Phyllocladium, Phylo Code, Phylogenies, Phylogeny, Physcia Type, Physciaceae Spore Type, Physciaceae Type A, Physciaceae Type B, Physconia Type, Pilema, Pin Head Lichen, Pit, Placement, Plaque, Plectenchyma, Plica, Plicae, Podetia, Podetium, Pole, Polychroa Brown, Polydactyloid Venation, Polygoni Type, Polymorphism, Polysaccharide Type, Population Densities, Population Density, Pore, Pore Plug, Position, Pre Ascal Hypha, Pre Ascal Hyphae, Pre Asci, Pre Ascus, Predehiscence, Preference, Prefix, Preposition, Presence, Primal Thalli, Primal Thallus, Primary Colour, Primary Photobiont, Primary Species, Primary Spore Wall, Primary Squamule, Primary Subdivision, Primary Subunit, Primary Thalli, Primary Thallus, Primary Thallus Subunit, Prime Meridian, Primordia, Primordium, Priorities, Priority, Process, Processes, Procreation, Projection, Proliferation, Prominence, Propagule, Proper Exciple, Proper Margin, Proper Septa, Proper Septum, Proper Spore Wall, Proper Wall Septa, Proper Wall Septum, Properties, Property, Prosenchyma, Prosoplectenchyma, Prothalli, Prothallus, Protologue, Protonym, Province, Pruina, Pseudocortex, Pseudocortexes, Pseudocortices, Pseudocyphellae, Pseudocyphellium, Pseudoidium Type, Pseudoisidia, Pseudoisidium, Pseudoparaphyses, Pseudoparaphysis, Pseudoparenchyma, Pseudopodetia, Pseudopodetium, Pseudosepta, Pseudoseptum, Pseudothalline Margin, Pseudothecia, Pseudothecium, Pseudotissue, Publication Date, Puncta, Punctae, Pustule, Pycnide, Pycnidia, Pycnidial Jelly, Pycnidiospore, Pycnidium, Pycnidium Type, Pycniospore, Pycnoascocarp, Pycnoconidia, Pycnoconidium, Pycnospore, Pyrenocarp, Pyrenoid, Pyrenolichen, Pyrenomycete, Pyrenula, Pyrenulum, Qualities, Quality, Ramification, Ramification Pattern, Range, Rank, Rarities, Rarity, Ratio, Reaction, Reaction Intensities, Reaction Intensity, Reactivities, Reactivity, Record, Record Author, Record Publication Permission, Record Revision Status, Region, Reproduction, Reticulae, Reticulum, Reviewer, Rheophyte, Rhizina, Rhizinae, Rhizine, Rhizinomorph, Rhizinose Strand, Rhizohypha, Rhizohyphae, Rhizohyphae Felt, Rhizoid, Rhizomorph, Rhizopta, Rhizoptae, Rim, Rimiform Soralia, Rimiform Soralium, Rinodinella Type, Roccella Type, Roccellaceae Spore Type, Rosette, Rostrae, Rostrum, Roughness, Rufescens Type, Ruga, Rugae, Ruginosa Brown, Sac, Sac Fungi, Sac Fungus, Sample, Saprobe, Saprophyte, Saturation, Scale, Scarcities, Scarcity, Scavenger, Scheda, Schedae, Schedula, Schedulae, Schismatomma Type, Schizidia, Schizidium, Schweinitzii Red, Scientific Taxon Name, Scleroplectenchyma, Scyphi, Scyphus, Secondary Areole, Secondary Metabolite, Secondary Photobiont, Secondary Species, Secondary Spore Wall, Secondary Subdivision, Secondary Subunit, Secondary Thalli, Secondary Thallus, Sedifolia Grey, Segmentation, Segregate, Separation, Septa, Septal Canal, Septal Plate, Septal Plug, Septal Pore, Septal Pore Lamella, Septal Pore Lamellae, Septal Structure, Septation, Septum, Septum Thickening, Serpentine, Seta, Setae, Sexual Reproduction, Sexuality, Shade, Shape, Sibling Species, Sinus, Sinuses, Siphon, Size, Slime Mold, Slime Mould, Smoothness, Solubilities, Solubility, Soma, Somatogamy, Soralia, Soralium, Soredia, Sorediate Isidia, Sorediate Isidium, Soredium, Source, South, South African Floristic Kingdom, Species, Species Aggregate, Species Complex, Species Complexes, Species Group, Species Name, Species Pair, Specimen, Specimen Material, Sperm Cell, Spermagone, Spermagonia, Spermagonium, Spermatia, Spermatiogeneous Cell, Spermatiophore, Spermatium, Spermatogamy, Spermogonia, Spermogonium, Spine, Spinule, Spongiostrata, Spongiostratum, Spore, Spore Canal, Spore Channel, Spore Ontogenies, Spore Ontogeny, Spore Ontogeny Type, Spore Septa, Spore Septum, Spore Type, Spore Wall Thickening, Sporocarp, Sporodochia, Sporodochium, Sporophore, Spot Test Reaction, Squamule, Stalk, Starting Point, State, Status, Stem, Sterigma, Sterigmata, Stipe, Stipitation, Strategies, Strategy, Streptopodium Type, Stria, Striae, Striation, Stroma, Stromata, Structural Attribute, Structural Integrities, Structural Integrity, Structure, Subapical Spore Wall Thickening, Subdivision, Subelevata Type, Subhymenia, Subhymenium, Sublittoral, Subspecies, Substrata, Substrate, Substratum, Subtropic Zone, Suffix, Sulca, Sulcae, Superba Brown, Supralittoral, Swelling, Symbiont, Symbioses, Symbiosis, Symbiosis Type, Sympodia, Sympodium, Symptom, Syncortex, Syncortexes, Syncortices, Synonym, Syntype, Tautonym, Taxa, Taxon, Taxon Author, Taxonomic Authorities, Taxonomic Authority, Taxonomic Homonym, Taxonomic Preposition, Taxonomic Rank, Taxonomic Recombination, Taxonomies, Taxonomy, Tectae, Tectum, Teleomorph, Teloschistes Type, Temperate Zone, Tension Zone, Teratae, Teratum, Tetrachotomies, Tetrachotomy, Text, Textura, Textura Angularis, Textura Chondroidea, Textura Epidermoidea, Textura Globularis, Textura Intricata, Textura Oblita, Textura Porrecta, Textura Prismatica, Texture, Thalli, Thalline Collar, Thalline Exciple, Thalline Margin, Thalline Veil, Thalloconidia, Thalloconidium, Thallophyte, Thallospore, Thallus, Thallus Apex, Thallus Apex Curvature, Thallus Apices, Thallus Attachment, Thallus Branch, Thallus Branches, Thallus Consistencies, Thallus Consistency, Thallus Differentiation, Thallus Interior, Thallus Joint, Thallus Margin, Thallus Outgrowth, Thallus Perimeter, Thallus Projection, Thallus Size, Thallus Surface, Thallyle, Theciae, Thecium, Thickness, Thinness, Tholi, Tholus, Tholus Flank, Tier, Timberline, Tinophyses, Tinophysis, Tint, Tip, Tissue Type, Tomentum, Topotype, Tori, Torus, Trabecula, Trabeculae, Trabercula, Traberculae, Trabercular Pseudoparaphyses, Trabercular Pseudoparaphysis, Translucence, Transparencies, Transparency, Trichotomies, Trichotomy, Tropic, Tropical Zone, True Exciple, True Margin, True Septa, True Septum, True Tissue, Trunk, Tubercle, Tubercuae, Tubercue, Tubercula, Tuberculae, Tubercule, Tunica, Tunicae, Tunicata Type, Tunicle, Type, Type Specimen, Type Taxa, Type Taxon, Typonym, Tyrse, UV Light,