podetium

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po·de·ti·um

(pə-dē′shē-əm, -shəm)

n. pl. po·de·ti·a (-shē-ə, -shə)

A stalklike outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens, bearing the apothecium.

[New Latin, from Greek pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]

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Noun 1. podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne

seta - stalk of a moss capsule

plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

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They have two type of thallus (nonvascular plant body), one (the primary thallus) that grows on surface of the substrate, and one (the podetium) that grows upright, as can be seen in the photo.

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One of the oldest ways is to measure the height increase of lichens by dividing the height of the podetium by the number of joints on the podetium (Igoshina, 1939; Andreyev, 1954; Scotter, 1963).

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