Definition of Excipulum. Meaning of Excipulum. Synonyms of Excipulum

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Definition of Excipulum

Excipulum
Exciple Ex"ci*ple, Excipulum Ex*cip"u*lum, n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Meaning of Excipulum from wikipedia

- involucrellum, which is typical of several other species in genus Bagliettoa. The excipulum (the rim of tissue around the ascomata) measures 0.2–0.3 mm in diameter...
- concentrically layered, and fissured excipulum, which gives the impression that the Schizotrema-like excipulum is concealed beneath a protective layer...
- composed of two layers, an ectal excipulum 103–217 μm thick composed of structural hyaline and a medullary excipulum 71–236 μm thick composed of interwoven...
- consists of three parts: hymenium (upper concave surface), hypothecium, and excipulum (the "foot"). The asci are present in the hymenium layer. The asci are...
- dimidiate excipulum. Dimidiographa is reminiscent of the genus Opegrapha, but it can be distinguished mainly by its unique dimidiate excipulum (where the...
- will fade upon drying. The outer surface is less brightly colored. The excipulum, the tissue making up the walls of the apothecium, is thin and flexible...
- unidentified anthraquinone that is present as numerous red crystals in the excipulum (the ring-shaped layer surrounding the spore-bearing hymenium); the specific...
- culinary value. Excipulum is a term used to refer to the tissue or tissues containing the hymenium of an ascomycete fruit body. The ectal excipulum (outer tissue...
- Characteristics of the genus include flat apothecia (fruiting bodies), an excipulum with a prosoplectenchymatous tissue structure, eight-spored asci with...
- hyphae known as the excipulum. This tissue layer, analogous to parenchyma found in plants, gives the tissue a fibrous texture. The excipulum layer averages...