exciple
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of exciple
First recorded in 1865–70; see origin at excipulum
Example Sentences
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Rarely the thallus extends upward as a veil which surrounds the apothecia laterally and suggests how the thalloid exciple of higher families probably arose.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker
A small portion of a section through the exciple of Peltigera canina, showing the plectenchymatous structure.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker
Within the Lecideaceae, the line of evolution seems to have been in the direction of a well-developed exciple and from simpler to more complex spores.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker
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