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| − | '''paraplectenchyma''' ( | + | '''paraplectenchyma''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:No plural]][[:Category:No plural|no plural]]; ''synonym:'' [[pseudoparenchyma]], ''no plural'') – [[plectenchyma]] of very tightly packed, short-celled hyphae with a cellular appearance similar to [[true tissue]]s ([[parenchyma]]) of vascular plants. The hyphae in ''paraplectenchyma'' that are densely coherent but have relatively thin walls with large [[cell lumina]] and have thus a distinctly cellular appearance. In microscopic sections the orientation of individual fungal hyphae can typically not be distinguished and the cells are more or less [[isodiametric]] in shape. ''Kind of:'' [[Category:Tissue-type]][[:Category:Tissue-type|tissue-type]]. |
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paraplectenchyma (noun,no plural; synonym: pseudoparenchyma, no plural) – plectenchyma of very tightly packed, short-celled hyphae with a cellular appearance similar to true tissues (parenchyma) of vascular plants. The hyphae in paraplectenchyma that are densely coherent but have relatively thin walls with large cell lumina and have thus a distinctly cellular appearance. In microscopic sections the orientation of individual fungal hyphae can typically not be distinguished and the cells are more or less isodiametric in shape. Kind of:tissue-type.
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