meaning of indusium
1. A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.
2. The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.
3. A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
4. a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern
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