Epicortex - LIAS Glossary

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epicortex (noun, pl. epicortices; variant spelling: epicortexes) – a thin homogeneous polysaccharide layer on the surface of a true cortex (eucortex). An epicortex is characteristic for many species of foliose lichens in the Parmeliaceae. The term was originally introduced for any polysaccharide surface layer but later used in a more restrictive since to refer only to a layer that is characterized by minute, regular pores that can best be observed with the scanning electron microscope; compare syncortex. Kind of: cortex.

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Referenced by: Cortex, Epicortexes, Epicortices, Eucortex, Phenocortex, Pseudocortex, Syncortex

Resources: Flora Australia Fungi