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Cystidium

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hymenial cystidiumnoun(mycology) A cystidium which is found on the spore bearing surface of a fungus.
pleurocystidiumnoun(mycology) A relatively large cell found on the gill face of a basidiomycete
theciumnoun(mycology, dated) The hymenium
cheilocystidiumnoun(mycology) A relatively large cell found on the gill edge of a basidiomycete.
gloeocystidiumnoun(mycology) A cystidium which easily stains with a chemical reagent or has oily, resinous, granular contents.
hypobasidiumnoun(mycology) The cell at the base of a basidium.
leptocystidiumnoun(mycology) A cystidia on the subhymenium which has smooth, thin walls and no visible contents.
cystidnoun(zoology) Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.
metuloidnoun(mycology) A cystidium which is not pointed at the end and has thick walls.
cystosomenoun(microbiology) The conical end of some single-celled organisms that functions as a mouth.
cystosporenounA zoospore within a cyst of a chytrid
cytocystnoun(biology) A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
cystocarpnounA minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive carpospores.
oleocystidiumnoun(mycology) A cystidium which is leaking an oily substance.
holobasidiumnoun(mycology) A nonseptate unicellular basidium.
hyphidiumnoun(mycology) A sterile hyphal structure in the fertile layer of a fungus.
euhymeniumnoun(mycology) Hymenium in which the basidia are among the first elements formed.
gleocystidiumnounAlternative form of gloeocystidium. [(mycology) A cystidium which easily stains with a chemical reagent or has oily, resinous, granular contents.]
pycnidiumnounIn certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
basidiumnoun(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]

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