- lower fungus
- noun Date: 1900 a fungus with hyphae absent or rudimentary and nonseptate
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lower fungus
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lower fungus — noun : any of numerous fungi with hyphae absent or rudimentary and nonseptate and never forming a compact tissue (as in the Phycomycetes) compare higher fungus * * * /loh euhr/, Mycol. any of various fungi that do not produce well organized… … Useful english dictionary
lower fungus — /loh euhr/, Mycol. any of various fungi that do not produce well organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
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lower — 1. adj. & adv. adj. (compar. of LOW(1)). 1 less high in position or status. 2 situated below another part (lower lip; lower atmosphere). 3 a situated on less high land (Lower Egypt). b situated to the South (Lower California). 4 (of a mammal,… … Useful english dictionary
lower vascular plant — ▪ biology Introduction formerly pteridophyte, also called vascular cryptogam, any of the spore bearing vascular plants, including the ferns, club mosses, spike mosses, quillworts, horsetails, and whisk ferns. Once considered of the… … Universalium
fungus — Fungi Fun gi (f[u^]n j[imac]), n. pl.; sing. {fungus}. (Biol.) A group of thallophytic plant like organisms of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
higher fungus — noun : any of numerous fungi with hyphae well developed, septate, and usually at some stage of development interwoven into a compact tissue especially in the fruiting body (as in Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Fungi Imperfecti) compare lower… … Useful english dictionary
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