aethalium

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ē thālē əm)


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ae•tha•li•um  (ē thālē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -li•a (-lē ə).USA pronunciation [Mycol.]
  1. Fungia large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.
  • Greek aíthal(os) or aithál(ē) thick smoke, soot (akin to aíthein to kindle, burn) + Neo-Latin -ium -ium; so named from the smokelike spores
  • Neo-Latin, origin, originally a genus of Myxomycetes containing such a body


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