sessile
adjective
attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
subsessile
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a word derived from
sessile.
Example Sentences
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Sporangium very large, obovoid-oblong, stipitate or subsessile; the wall a greatly thickened membrane, polished and shining within and without, from alutaceous or pale umber to dark-brown in color, destitute of lime.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
The pileus is white, corky, horizontal, explanate, reniform, subsessile, azonate, finely pubescent, becoming smooth.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Sporangia oblong-obovoid, stipitate or subsessile, usually growing in clusters; the wall a thick, firm, reddish-brown membrane, venulose and reticulate, nearly destitute of lime.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
In Var. hirtum the plant is turbinate, subsessile, and hairy, with slender, spinous warts.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Sporangium small globose or somewhat depressed, stipitate or subsessile; the wall a thin membrane, rugulose and iridescent, with thicker red or yellow spots and patches, destitute of lime.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
