aethalium
[ee-they-lee-uh m]
- a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.
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Origin of aethalium
< 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
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Aethalium from a few millimeters to several centimeters in extent.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan
Aethalium 3–6 or sometimes many centimeters in extent and 1–2 cm.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan
Aethalium small; lime abundant in the capillitium, the nodules numerous and large, angular and irregular.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan