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Biodiversity > BCERN > CDE & DDE > Glossary > Cystidia

Cystidia

Type

sickle cystidium
 

bottle shaped with fingers cystidium
 

sickle-shaped, with
thick walls

bottle-shaped, with
finger-like outgrowths

 

lateral with capitate branch cystidium
 

 

ramified cystidium
 

lateral with tapering,
capitate branch

ramified

 

acanthocystidium
 

 

S_flask-shaped_capitate
 

acanthocystidium

flask-shaped, capitate 

 

S_thin-walled
 

 

S_capitate
  

thin walled, slightly acuminate 

capitate

 

globular cystidium
 

 

S_bottle_bent_neck
 

globular

bottle-shaped, bent neck 

 

S_bristle_apical_lobes  

 

S_fusiform  

bristle-like, apical lobes

fusiform

 

S_bottle_straight_neck
 

 

S3_bristle-like
 

bottle-shaped, straight neck 

bristle-like, awl-shaped 

 

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