lecanorine

Meaning

Adjective

  • Of the fruiting parts of a lichen: shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and having that ring made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.

Origin

  • Lecanora + -ine

Modern English dictionary

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