isidiiferous
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From isidium + -i- + ferous.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Adjective
[edit]isidiiferous (comparative more isidiiferous, superlative most isidiiferous)
- (lichenology) Bearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).
- 1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99:
- Apothecia sessile or slightly elevated, mostly in the centre; disc at first concave, afterwards nearly plane, dark chestnut-coloured, surrounded by a naked or isidiiferous, indexed, thallodal margin; asci elongato-subventricose, 8 spored; spores elliptical, unilocular, hyaline; .002 in. long, by .00125 in. broad.
References
[edit]- ^ “isidiiferous”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “isidiiferous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
