Subfoliose

subfoliose (adjective) – almost foliose, pertaining to the overall growth form of a crustose thallus that has marginal lobes (e. g., lobate, placodioid, effigurate), showing some tendency towards becoming ascending; similar to subcrustose but more leaf-like, and with the medulla of the lobes becoming very loose to almost hollow, as in Lecanora garovaglii. Related terms: subfoliate; subcrustose.

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