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hemiamyloid en · ADJ

Etymology

From hemi- + amyloid.

Meanings

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. 2002 June, Ekman, Stefan, Jørgensen, Per Magnus, “Towards a molecular phylogeny for the lichen family Pannariaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)”, in Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 80, number 6, page 632:

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