thallodal

comparative more thallodal · superlative most thallodal

1. biologyResembling or having the character of a thallus.

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   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

   Synonyms: thallodic, thalloid, thalliform, thalline, thallose