hypothallus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The outgrowth of hyphae from under the margin of the thallus of a crustose lichen, connecting the island-like areoles into a single lichen.

Word forms

hypothallus hypothalli

Etymology

From hypo- + thallus.

Related words

hypothallic hypothallial subhypothallic
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