Hemiamyloid

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).

    "Fuscopannaria and Moelleropsis share important characters like the hemiamyloid reaction of the hymenium and the amyloid tube structure of the ascus apex."

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"Fuscopannaria and Moelleropsis share important characters like the hemiamyloid reaction of the hymenium and the amyloid tube structure of the ascus apex."

Etymology

From hemi- + amyloid.

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