‖ capillitium Bot.
(kæpɪˈlɪʃɪəm)
[a. L. capillitium the hair collectively, f. capillus.]
Entangled filamentary matter in fungals, bearing sporidia. (Treas. Bot. 1866.)
| 1871 Cooke Fungi (1874) 34 The spinulose projections from the capillitium..are the remains of pedicels. 1875 Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 255 The mass of slender filaments remains as a delicate Capillitium. |