dichophysis

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noun

A part of the hyphae of certain fungi which branches into two.

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Meanings

noundichophysis (plural dichophyses)

plural dichophyses

  1. biologyA part of the hyphae of certain fungi which branches into two.

    The material in Fries' herbarium has the dichophyses of Asterostromella.

    1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 391
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