1) Brood bud
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Soredia are common reproductive structures of lichens. Lichens reproduce asexually by employing simple fragmentation and production of soredia and isidia. Soredia are powdery propagules composed of fungal hyphae wrapped around cyanobacteria or green algae. Fungal hyphae make up the basic body structure of lichen. The soredia are released through o...
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• (n.) A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
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(from the article `fungus`) ...the spores germinate, the algal cells multiply and gradually form lichens with the fungus. Other lichens form structures, especially soredia, that ...
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So·re'di·um noun ;
plural Soredia . [ New Latin , from Greek ... a heap.]
(Botany) A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
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