excipulum

[ ek-sip-yuh-luhm ]

noun

, Mycology.

, plural ex·cip·u·la [ek-, sip, -y, uh, -l, uh].

1. exciple.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excipulum¹

1855–60; < New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin excipulum device for catching fish. See excipient, -ule

Example Sentences

There is no proper excipulum or peridium, and the spores spring direct from a more compacted portion of the mycelium, or from a cushion-like stroma of small cells.

From Project Gutenberg

Excipulum waxy, free, marginate, externally naked.

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