|
Definition of Dacrymyces
1. Noun. Type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Dacrymycetaceae, Family Dacrymycetaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacrymyces
Literary usage of Dacrymyces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appalachia by Appalachian Mountain Club (1884)
"The microscopic structure of the hymenium shows a greater resemblance to that of
Dacrymyces than to Tremella or Exidia. I have compared my specimens with an ..."
2. Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club by Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club (Bath, England) (1873)
"Nees. Homogeneous, gelatinous; conidia disposed in moniliform rows; sporophores
clavate, at length bifurcate. Dacrymyces ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants [&c.] by James Sowerby, Charles Johnson, James Edward Smith (1846)
"Dacrymyces. GEN. CHAR. Plant gelatinous, homogeneous, filled within with suberect
flocci and interspersed ..."