Emergent

emergent (adjective) – in the process of rising out of the thallus surface or substrate; usually referring to ascocarps or conidiomata that begin their development immersed in the thallus but towards maturity break through the thallus surface and with age usually become sessile or adnate. Related terms: semi-immersed.

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