isidium

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Etymology

According to OED, from a genus name Isidium (Acharius 1798), itself from the goddess Isis.

Noun

isidium (plural isidia)

  1. (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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“isidium, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Noun

isidium n (plural isidiën)

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