gonidia
- plural of gonidium.
Example Sentences
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This he thinks is the only way in which it can be accounted for that the gonidia of diverse lichens should be almost identical.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Fructification: the internal mass or contents separating into roundish or lenticular gonidia.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
The lichen-thallus is composed of chains or groups of round chlorophyl-containing cells, called "gonidia," and masses of interwoven rows of elongated cells which constitute the hyphæ.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
It is, perhaps, worthy of remark that in Chionyphe Carteri the threads grow over the cysts exactly as the hypha of lichens is represented as growing over the gonidia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
These gonidia are always in the plumpest state, and with the freshest, healthiest colour possible.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
