Difference between revisions of "Pertusariate"
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| − | '''pertusariate''' ( | + | '''pertusariate''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – [[poriform]], [[urceolate]] [[lecanorine]], i. e., referring to an [[apothecium]] forming a [[fruit-wart]], i. 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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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
pertusariate (adjective) – poriform, urceolate lecanorine, i. e., referring to an apothecium forming a fruit-wart, i. 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 ascomycetes; pertusariate apothecia are either monocarpous, or they sometimes merge forming polycarpous fruit warts.
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