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'''pertusariate''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – [[poriform]], [[urceolate]] [[lecanorine]], i.&nbsp;e., referring to an [[apothecium]] forming a [[fruit-wart]], i.&nbsp;e., with [[thalline]] walls that progressively cover the disk and merge until only a small pore remains visible; typically formed in several species of ''Pertusaria'' (thus the name), but present also in other lichenized [[ascomycete]]s; pertusariate [[apothecia]] are either [[monocarpous]], or they sometimes merge forming [[polycarpous]] [[fruit wart]]s.

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