spinule
noun
a small spine.
spinulose
-
a word derived from
spinule.
Example Sentences
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Capillitium proceeding from the inner surface of the sporangial wall, forming a complicated network, the threads extremely variable in thickness, minutely warted and spinulose.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Capillitium of slender-loosely branched threads, about 2 mic. in thickness, the surface minutely warted or spinulose.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Spores globose, minutely spinulose, dark violaceous, 10–12 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Related to the two preceding, but distinct by its spinulose capillitium.
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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Capillitium of long and very slender tubules, proceeding from numerous points of the sporangial wall, loosely branched, forming no evident network, the surface minutely warted or spinulose.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
