hypothecium

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noun

The layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the thecium

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Meanings

nounhypothecium (plural hypothecia)

plural hypothecia

  1. The layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the thecium

    Color of hypothecium: 0 = colorless; 1 = yellow-brown to red-brown. 4.

    2015 September 29, “A Molecular Phylogeny of the Lichen Genus Lecidella Focusing on Species from Mainland China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hypo- + thecium.

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