Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word APICULUS

Definitions of APICULUS

1. (mycology) The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.

Examples of Using APICULUS in a Sentence

• The spores are dark violet brown, oblong to subellipsoid to subrhomboid, and thin-walled with a short apiculus and truncate germ pore.
• An apiculus (a depressed area where the spore was once attached to the basidium via the sterigma) is often difficult to observe.
• The spores are spherical to egg-shaped, with a distinct apiculus (the part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium), finely verrucose, 5.
• Spores bear a central apiculus (a region that was once attached to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium) and a small apical pore.
• They have a small central apiculus (a depressed area when the spore was once attached to the basidium via the sterigma).

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