Po·de'ti·um noun ; plural Podetia , English Podetiums . [ New Latin , from Greek ..., ..., foot.] (Botany) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/114
noun an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974