plasmodiocarp

American  

[plaz-moh-dee-uh-kahrp] / plæzˈmoʊ di əˌkɑrp /

noun

Mycology.

1. a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.

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Etymology

Origin of plasmodiocarp

First recorded in 1875–80; plasmodi(um) + -o- + -carp

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plasmodiocarp

A curious, flat plasmodiocarp, an inch or more in length.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Sporangia distinct or plasmodiocarpous, the plasmodiocarp creeping in long vein-like reticulations or curves, laterally compressed; sometimes distinct and crowded, always sessile.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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)

A genus readily distinguished by its laterally compressed plasmodiocarp, splitting lengthwise by a regular fissure.

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)