[1855–60; ‹ L corti(c)- (s. of cortex) cortex + -colous]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyword, kickoff, lavabo, output, specialist
Examples of 'corticolous' in a sentence
corticolous
The majority of the species are epiphytes, either corticolous or ramicolous.
Ee Lee Gaik, Gradstein S. Robbert 2013, 'Distribution and Habitat of the Malaysian Species of Lejeunea (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae),with Description of Lejeunea Tamaspocsii Sp. Nov.', Polish Botanical Journalhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pbj.2013.58.issue-1/pbj-2013-0007/pbj-2013-0007.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In general, total, corticolous, and threatened lichen species richness did not differ among management types of deciduous forests.
Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Dominik Hessenmöller, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Markus Fischer 2013, 'Richness of Lichen Species, Especially of Threatened Ones, Is Promoted by ManagementMethods Furthering Stand Continuity', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0055461. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the studied area, the terricolous species were predominant followed by saxicolous, corticolous and the species of decaying wood.
Kátia Cavalcanti Pôrto, Maria de Fátima Galdino da Silveira, Patrícia Sheyla de AlmeidaSá 1994, 'Briófitas da caatinga 1: Estação Experimental do IPA, Caruaru - PE Bryophyte of caatinga1: experimental station at the IPA, Caruaru - PE', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33061994000100008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total of 755 lichen samples were collected, comprising 18 families, 42 genera and 111 species of epiphytic, corticolous microlichens.
Amanda Barreto Xavier Leite, Aline Anjos de Menezes, Leandro de Sousa Souto, AndréAptroot, Robert Lücking, Viviane Monique dos Santos, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres 2015, 'Epiphytic microlichens as indicators of phytosociological differentiation betweenCaatinga and Brejos de Altitude', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062015000400457&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)