aethalium

[ ee-they-lee-uhm ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural ae·tha·li·a [ee-, they, -lee-, uh].

1. a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aethalium¹

< New Latin, originally a genus of Myxomycetes containing such a body < Greek aíthal ( os ) or aithál ( ē ) thick smoke, soot (akin to aíthein to kindle, burn) + New Latin -ium -ium; so named from the smokelike spores

Example Sentences

Aethalium small; lime abundant in the capillitium, the nodules numerous and large, angular and irregular.

From Project Gutenberg

Aethalium from a few millimeters to several centimeters in extent.

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Aethalium 3–6 or sometimes many centimeters in extent and 1–2 cm.

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