plasmodiocarp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plasmodiocarp
First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp
Example Sentences
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Aethalium a compound plasmodiocarp; the component sporangia branching and anastomosing in every direction, complicate and grown together; the walls of the sporangia a thin membrane, coated with minute, roundish granules of lime.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Sporangium regular and stipitate or sessile, rarely plasmodiocarp; the wall a thin membrane, usually granular or venulose on the inner surface, colored as the spores and capillitium, irregularly dehiscent.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
A single reticulate plasmodium is usually converted without change of form into an individual plasmodiocarp.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
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)
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)
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