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Cupulate vs Aecidium - What's the difference?

cupulate | aecidium |

As a adjective cupulate

is cup-shaped.

As a noun aecidium is

the cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the compositae, lamiaceae, leguminosae, and ranunculaceae families.

cupulate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Cup-shaped.
  • Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.

    • aecidium

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
  • (mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium .
  • (rfv-sense) The family of diseases marked by this stage of fungus development on a plant.

    • Related terms

    * aecial * aecidial * aecidiospore * aecium * aeciospore

    See also

    * teliospore * urediniospore

    References