Discoid, disc-like, an open rounded apothecium, [156].
Discolichens, in which the fructification is an apothecium, [160 et seq.]
Dual hypothesis, the theory of two organisms present in the lichen thallus, [27 et seq.]
Effigurate, having a distinct form or figure; [cf. placodioid], [80], [201].
Endobasidial, Steiner’s term for sporophore with a secondary sporiferous branch, [200].
Endogenous, produced internally, as spores in an ascus, [179]; [see also under thallus].
Endolithic, embedded in the rock, [75].
Endosaprophytism, term used by Elenkin for destruction of the algal contents by enzymes of the fungus, [36].
Entire, term applied to the perithecium when completely surrounded by an outer wall, [159].