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Fuligo septica, type species of Aethalium

Proper noun

Aethalium n

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physaraceae – now Fuligo.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Henry Huxley, A Scientific Education, page 99:

     There is a living body called Aethalium septicum, which appears upon decaying vegetable substances, and, in one of its forms, is common upon the surfaces of tan-pits.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aethalium septicum

Descendants

• English: aethalium

English

Alternative forms

• æthalium

Noun

aethalium ‎(plural aethalia)

1. A flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.

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