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calicioid

calicioid noun: any lichen-forming fungus of the family Caliciaceae.

Noun

calicioid (plural calicioids)

  1. Any lichen-forming fungus of the family Caliciaceae.
    • Some lichen species were common in all stand types, e.g. Hypogymnia physodes, Parmeliopsis ambigua, and Bryoria fuscescens, but the calicioid lichens (Calicium glaucellum, Chaenotheca chrysocephala, C.2016 January 23, “A Pine Is a Pine and a Spruce Is a Spruce – The Effect of Tree Species and Stand Age on Epiphytic Lichen Communities”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of calicioid

pluralcalicioids

Questions about calicioid

What does calicioid mean?
Calicioid means any lichen-forming fungus of the family Caliciaceae.
What part of speech is calicioid?
Calicioid is a noun.
What is the plural of calicioid?
The plural of calicioid is calicioids.

Words near calicioid in the dictionary

  1. calichon
  2. calichons
  3. caliciaceous
  4. caliciform
  5. calicinal
  6. calicioid
  7. calicioids
  8. caliciviral
  9. calicivirid
  10. calicivirids
  11. calicivirus

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