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quellkörper

quellkörper noun: an apical layer of gelatinous cells found on the ascostromata of fungi in the order Coronophorales.

Noun

quellkörper

  1. An apical layer of gelatinous cells found on the ascostromata of fungi in the order Coronophorales.
    • The Coronophorales are characterized by forming ascostromata that are devoid of a true ostiole but provided with an apical layer of gelatinous cells, called a quellkörper.[1983, A. Tsuneda, Fungal Morphology and Ecology: Mostly Scanning Electron Microscopy

Questions about quellkörper

What does quellkörper mean?
Quellkörper means an apical layer of gelatinous cells found on the ascostromata of fungi in the order Coronophorales.
What part of speech is quellkörper?
Quellkörper is a noun.

Words near quellkörper in the dictionary

  1. quelling
  2. quellingly
  3. quellings
  4. quellio
  5. quellios
  6. quellkörper
  7. quells
  8. quellung
  9. quellungs
  10. Queloz
  11. Quelpaert

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