microstromatolite

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ stromatolite.

Noun

microstromatolite (plural microstromatolites)

1. (geology) A microscopic stromatolite; a rock composed of such organisms
   • 2015 October 22, “A Fungal-Prokaryotic Consortium at the Basalt-Zeolite Interface in Subseafloor Igneous Crust”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Note how the microstromatolite and surrounding basalt are overgrown by the biofilm and how hyphae protrude.