exigynous

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exigynous

  1. (mycology) In which the antheridial stalk rises directly from the oogonial cell above the basal septum.
    • 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 135:
      Antheridia are closely monoclinous and exigynous.

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