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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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These soredia are dispersed by wind or water and take up residence elsewhere.
Lichen 2008
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Waxpaper lichen is similar, but it has small, white soredia scattered over the thalli.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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Lungwort | Lobaria pulmonaria - showing soredia and isidia
BC Bloggers 2009
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