apotheciumn.
/apəʊˈθiːʃɪəm/ Botany.
The ‘shield’ or spore-case, containing the fructification in lichens.
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pelt1759
pelta1760
scutellum1760
scyphus1777
shield1796
podetium1814
apothecium1830
cistella1832
rhizine1832
scypha1832
soredium1836
amphigastria1842
gonidium1845
macrogonidium1853
hypothallus1855
crustaceous lichens1856
pycnide1856
perianth1857
isidium1866
thamnium1866
endospore1875
perigynium1882
pseudocyphella1882
thecium1882
parathecium1921
soralium1921
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 331.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 72 Apothecia correspond with the flowers of the higher plants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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