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PARAPHYSE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Gametangia are typically clustered with interspersed, sterile hairs, called paraphyses, at shoot or branch apices.

OBS

paraphyses: plural.

Key term(s)
  • paraphyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Filament retrouvé à l’intérieur de l’involucre, parmi les archégones et les anthéridies, servant à la protection de ces derniers.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Lichens
DEF

A sterile fungal filament, sometimes branched, attached at the base and free at the summit, associated with asci in the hymenium.

OBS

paraphyses: plural.

Key term(s)
  • paraphyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Lichens
DEF

Filament stérile parmi les éléments reproducteurs, chez de nombreux champignons surtout les Ascomycètes.

Spanish

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