isidiiferous

comparative more isidiiferous · superlative most isidiiferous · alternative isidioferous

1. biologyBearing an isidium or isidia (a vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens).

   1 more example

   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.

   1861, William Mudd, A Manual of British Lichens, […], Darlington, Durham: Harrison Penney, page 99