sphaeriaformadj.
Botany.
Having a form like that of Sphæria, the typical genus of Sphæriaceæ (see sphaeriaceous adj.).
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peziziform1797
pezizoid1836
sphaeriaceous1857
sphaeriaform1857
polyporous1858
thelephoreous1860
tremelloid1860
hysteriform1870
tremellose1887
polyporoid1890
thelephoroid1891
tuberaceous1909
1857 M. J. Berkeley Introd. Cryptogamic Bot. §237. 247 Many species of..acrosporous sphæriæform Fungi.
1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 351 Pycnidia intermixed with the above, sphæriaform.
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