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| − | '''cephalodium''' (''pl.'' cephalodia) – small (to ''[[ca.]]'' 0.5-1 mm), delimited, gall-like thallus structure containing a secondary photobiont, usually a cyanobacterium, on or within the main thallus containing the primary (usually algal) photobiont; found in diverse genera, including ''Peltigera'', ''Lobaria'', and ''Stereocaulon''; forming either as distinctly delimited, sometimes elevated and usually darkened patch within the thallus surface, or growing into a distinctly shaped surface structure, i. e., a warty, squamulose, or shrubby outgrowth from the thallus surface. | + | '''cephalodium''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' cephalodia) – small (to ''[[ca.]]'' 0.5-1 mm), delimited, gall-like [[thallus]] structure containing a [[secondary photobiont]], usually a [[cyanobacterium]], on or within the main thallus containing the [[primary photobiont|primary (usually algal) photobiont]]; found in diverse genera, including ''Peltigera'', ''Lobaria'', and ''Stereocaulon''; forming either as distinctly delimited, sometimes elevated and usually darkened patch within the [[thallus surface]], or growing into a distinctly shaped surface structure, i. e., a warty, [[squamulose]], or shrubby outgrowth from the thallus surface. ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of upper thallus surface]][[:Category:Part of upper thallus surface|part of upper thallus surface]]. ''Kind of:'' [[Category:Upper surface structure]][[:Category:Upper surface structure|upper surface structure]]. |
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cephalodium (noun, pl. cephalodia) – small (to ca. 0.5-1 mm), delimited, gall-like thallus structure containing a secondary photobiont, usually a cyanobacterium, on or within the main thallus containing the primary (usually algal) photobiont; found in diverse genera, including Peltigera, Lobaria, and Stereocaulon; forming either as distinctly delimited, sometimes elevated and usually darkened patch within the thallus surface, or growing into a distinctly shaped surface structure, i. e., a warty, squamulose, or shrubby outgrowth from the thallus surface. This is:part of upper thallus surface. Kind of:upper surface structure.
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