isidium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to OED, from a genus name Isidium (Acharius 1798), itself from the goddess Isis.
Noun
[edit]isidium (plural isidia)
- (lichenology) A vegetative reproductive structure present in some lichens; an outgrowth of the thallus surface, usually with a columnar structure, and consisting of both fungal hyphae and algal cells.
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[edit]reproductive structure
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References
[edit]“isidium, n.”, in OED Online 
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]isidium n (plural isidiën)
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isidium on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl