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n. A slender rootlike filament by which mosses, liverworts, and fern gametophytes attach to the substratum and absorb nourishment.

n. A rootlike extension of the thallus of a fungus.

n. A rootlike structure in fungi and some plants that acts as support and/or aids the absorption of nutrients.

n. A rootlike appendage.

In botany and zoology, root-like; resembling a root.

n. In botany, a filamentous organ resembling a root, but of simple structure, found on compound thalli of all kinds, and on the stems of the Muscineæ.

n. Rhizoids are numerously produced, and their function is the attachment of the plant to the substratum. The older term was rhizina. See cut under prothallium.

n. any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc

""We were really excited when we saw how similar the ultrastructure of our liverwort rhizoid walls was to images of Prototaxites tubes published in 1976 by Rudy Schmid," Graham said."

strand    fibril    filament   

leak fungus    rhizopus stolonifer    ring rot fungus