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- noun Plural form of
rhizine .
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Examples
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It resembles the upper cortex but is thinner and is often covered in anchoring strands of hyphae called rhizines.
Lichen 2008
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I think they are rhizines (small root-like structures), but I haven't been able to find any photographs to confirm this.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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