The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 hymenium of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota interspersed among… … Wikipedia
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
