æcidial, a. Bot.
(iːˈsɪdɪəl)
[f. æcidium + -al.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling an æcidium.
| 1880 Smithsonian Rep. 324 A monograph..by Von Thümen contains an account of the aecidial forms attacking Coniferæ. 1891 Athenæum 23 May 671/1 The extraordinary abundance and wide distribution of the teleutosporic stage as compared with the comparative scarcity of the æcidial stage. 1927 Gwynne-Vaughan & Barnes Struct. & Dev. Fungi 268 Centrally, where the pseudoperidium arches over the aecidial contents, it is derived from the cells first cut off in each row. |