isidium

See also: Isidium

English

Etymology

According to OED, from a genus name Isidium (Acharius 1798), itself from the goddess Isis.

Noun

isidium (plural isidia)

  1. (lichenology) A vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens; an outgrowth of the thallus surface, usually with a columnar structure, and consisting of both fungal hyphae and algal cells.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

References

“isidium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

isidium n (plural isidiën)

  1. isidium

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.