plasmodiocarp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plasmodiocarp
First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp
Example Sentences
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Sporangia regular and stipitate, rarely plasmodiocarp, the wall at maturity breaking away from above downward, leaving more or less of the lower portion persistent.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Plasmodiocarp very much depressed, roundish, oblong, much elongated and flexuous, closely crowded together and confluent; the hypothallus a thin white granulose layer of lime, scarcely broader than the plasmodiocarp.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Sporangium depressed-globose, the base umbilicate, stipitate, rarely sessile and plasmodiocarp; the wall a dark-colored membrane with a thin layer of stellate crystals of lime, breaking up gradually and falling away.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
The columella a thin alutaceous, granulose-roughened layer, extending along the base of the plasmodiocarp.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Sporangia subglobose and stipitate or more often sessile, sometimes plasmodiocarp; the wall a thin membrane, with an outer layer composed of minute roundish granules of lime, which are usually compacted into a smooth continuous crust.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
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