paracephalodium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mat of hyphae covering cyanobacteria, originating from a squamulose lichen with a green algal photobiont.

Word forms

paracephalodium paracephalodia

Etymology

para- + cephalodium. Introduced by Josef Poelt and Helmut Mayrhofer in 1988.

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