Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of soredium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun pl. of soredium.

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  • noun Plural form of soredium.

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Examples

  • In the latter case, small powdery clusters of hyphae and algae, called soredia are formed and cut off from the thallus as it grows.

    Lichen 2008

  • Cladonia genus undergo regeneration by forming small balls of fungal hyphae called soredia that enclose several algal cells Greyish-white reindeer lichen that is on the forest floor, where most reindeer lichens form a mat.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Danielthefirst 2009

  • Cladonia genus undergo regeneration by forming small balls of fungal hyphae called soredia that enclose several algal cells Greyish-white reindeer lichen that is on the forest floor, where most reindeer lichens form a mat.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The surface of the lichen has tiny white balls called soredia and brownish wart-like insidia on its ridges and lobe margins.

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • These soredia are dispersed by wind or water and take up residence elsewhere.

    Lichen 2008

  • Waxpaper lichen is similar, but it has small, white soredia scattered over the thalli.

    BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010

  • Lungwort | Lobaria pulmonaria - showing soredia and isidia

    BC Bloggers 2009

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