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| − | '''pseudoisidium''' (''pl.'' pseudoisidia) – a nodular to cylindrical and sometimes branched thallus outgrowth, superficially resembling an isidium but with a different anatomy; always lacking a photobiont and, if at all, covered only by an ill-defined, often discontinuous, cortex; like an isidium probably also serving as a somatic propagule. | + | '''pseudoisidium''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' pseudoisidia) – a nodular to cylindrical and sometimes branched [[thallus]] outgrowth, superficially resembling an [[isidium]] but with a different [[anatomy]]; always lacking a [[photobiont]] and, if at all, covered only by an ill-defined, often discontinuous, [[cortex]]; like an isidium probably also serving as a [[somatic]] [[propagule]]. ''Kind of:'' [[isidiomorph]]s, [[Category:Upper surface structure]][[:Category:Upper surface structure|upper surface structure]]. |
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pseudoisidium (noun, pl. pseudoisidia) – a nodular to cylindrical and sometimes branched thallus outgrowth, superficially resembling an isidium but with a different anatomy; always lacking a photobiont and, if at all, covered only by an ill-defined, often discontinuous, cortex; like an isidium probably also serving as a somatic propagule. Kind of: isidiomorphs,upper surface structure.
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