Paraphyses - a technical anatomical term for part of the fertile spore-bearing layer in certain fungi. More specifically, paraphyses are sterile filamentous hyphal end cells composing part of the
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Paraphyses — Paraphysis Pa*raph y*sis, n.; pl. {Paraphyses}. [NL., fr. Gr. para beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
paraphyses — n. non reproductive filaments in some plants (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… … Universalium
Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… … Universalium
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
bryophyte — bryophytic /bruy euh fit ik/, adj. /bruy euh fuyt /, n. Bot. any of the Bryophyta, a phylum of nonvascular plants comprising the true mosses and liverworts. [1875 80; < NL Bryophyta name of the group; see BRYO , PHYTE] * * * Any of the green,… … Universalium
Chorioactis — geaster Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Cookeina — An unidentified species of Cookeina photographed in Brazil. Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi … Wikipedia
ASCOMYCÈTES — Le groupe de Champignons constitué par les Ascomycètes édifie des fructifications souvent complexes, d’aspect et de taille très variables. Beaucoup n’apparaissent à l’œil nu que sous la forme de points ou de glomérules à peine plus gros que des… … Encyclopédie Universelle
MOUSSES — Les Mousses, ou Musci , cryptogames chlorophylliens, constituent l’ensemble des classes III (Sphagnopsida ), IV (Andreaeopsida ) et V (Bryopsida ) de l’embranchement des Bryophytes. Au cours de leur vie, elles présentent une alternance de phases… … Encyclopédie Universelle
