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Thallus (pl.: thalli), from Latinized Greek θαλλός (thallos), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria.
The vegetative structure of Conocephalum is a thallus which has the appearance of a flattened body of plant tissue. [5] [22] The thallus is irregularly branched [4] and relatively large, reaching lengths of roughly 20-24 cm. [4] [5] In contrast to C. conicum and C. salebrosum, the thallus of C. supradecompositum is relatively small, measuring 2 ...
These plants are small and thalloid, i.e. not differentiated into root, stem and leaf.Depending on species, the thallus may be strap-shaped and about 0.5 to 4 mm wide with dichotomous branches or may form rosettes or hemirosettes up to 3 cm in diameter, that may be gregarious and form intricate mats.
Plants in the Notothyladaceae grow as a solid, flattened green structure without internal air spaces, unlike some other hornwort families that have cavities within their tissues. Their reproductive structures include male organs ( antheridia ) that develop in small chambers within the thallus, with each chamber typically containing between two ...
Lichens are grouped by thallus type, since the thallus is usually the most visually prominent part of the lichen. Thallus growth forms typically correspond to a few basic internal structure types. Common names for lichens often come from a growth form or color that is typical of a lichen genus. Common groupings of lichen thallus growth forms are:
In lichens it refers to the region of the thallus that is free of algae. The prothallus develops from a germinating spore. It is a short-lived and inconspicuous heart-shaped structure typically 2–5 millimeters wide, with a number of rhizoids (root-like hairs) growing underneath, and the sex organs: archegonium (female) and antheridium (male ...
The plants dry up during the long rainless summers, but the ends of the branches remain alive, so that each growing tip becomes the beginnings of a new plant. [6] It was found that a surprisingly large amount of the thallus remains alive, and within a few hours after the dried plants are supplied with water, the forward part of the thallus has ...
The thallus is perennial with an irregular or disc-shaped holdfast or with haptera. [1] The erect portion of the thallus is dichotomous or subpinnately branched, flattened and with a distinct midrib. Gas-filled pneumatocysts (air-vesicles) are present in pairs in some species, one on either side of the midrib.