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'''hemiangiocarpous''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]; ''variant spelling:'' [[hemiangiocarpic]]) – initially with an enclosed development of the [[sporocarp]], but opening before maturity; during the ontogeny usually enclosed by a [[proper exciple]] and a layer of [[thallus]] hyphae, i.&nbsp;e., a [[pseudoexciple]]; characteristic for many lichenized [[ascomycete]]s, e.&nbsp;g., the Peltigeraceae and Stictaceae.

See also [[Hemiangiocarpous A]], [[Hemiangiocarpous B]].

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