Spinule - LIAS Glossary

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spinule (noun, pl. spinules) – diminutive of spine; a stiff, pointed, fibrillary appendage up to 3 mm long (arbitrarily but usefully distinguished from a fibril in Usnea); Purvis, et al. specify that it is constricted at the base. This is: part of thallus surface.

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Referenced by: Isidium, Spinulous

Resources: Flora Australia Fungi