In lichens, rhizines are multicellular root-like structures arising mainly from the lower surface. A lichen with rhizines is termed rhizinate, while a...

enzymes and absorb digested organic material.[citation needed] Fungi portal Rhizine, the equivalent structure in lichens Fletcher, Robert L. (1987). Seaweeds...

between green algae and a fungus. 1. Thick layers of hyphae, called the cortex 2. Green algae 3. Loosely packed hyphae 4. Anchoring hyphae called rhizines....

between green algae and a fungus. 1. Thick layers of hyphae, called the cortex 2. Green algae 3. Loosely packed hyphae 4. Anchoring hyphae called rhizines....

extending from the cortex or medulla, or by root-like structures called rhizines. The latter, which are found only in foliose lichens, come in a variety...

filaments called the lower cortex. Root-like fungal structures called rhizines (usually): 159  grow from the lower cortex to attach or anchor the lichen...

4–6 mm wide and has a shiny, rhizine-free, pale brown zone. The center of the lower surface is sparsely rhizinate, and the rhizines are black, simple, and up...

surface is black and has rhizines anchoring it to the substrate.: 78  In general, Parmelia have a dark lower side with rhizines ('rootlets') that attach...

also features scattered rhizines, which are root-like structures that help anchor the lichen to its substrate. These rhizines are simple or forked, pale...

towards the margin, typically with a rhizine-free 0.5–1 mm marginal zone, and with short and stout black rhizines, mostly simple, rarely sparsely branched...

The thallus undersurface is tan to whitish, and numerous short brown rhizines serves as holdfasts that attach the lichen to its substrate. Apothecia...

arrangement and lacks the polysaccharide-like covering. The lichen lacks rhizines. While the species does not produce specialised vegetative structures like...

two species, which are morphologically distinguished by difference in rhizine structure. The lichen was described as a new species in 1971 by American...

underside adorned with hair-like structures (cilia) up to 2.5 mm in length. Rhizines are common on the underside of the thallus, except for a brown border near...

land plants. That said, rhizoids probably evolved more than once; the rhizines of lichens, for example, perform a similar role. Even some animals (Lamellibrachia)...

pseudocyphellae—small pores in the cortex—that form a reticulate pattern. Rhizines on the thallus underside are simple (unbranched) to squarrose (brush-like)...

substrate, brown to dark brown centrally, and lacks root-like structures (rhizines). The cephalodia are particularly noticeable in this species, growing up...

densely veined lower surface transitions from white to black, with tufted rhizines that become woolly towards the centre. Compared to related species in the...

extending from the cortex or medulla, or by root-like structures called rhizines. The latter, which are found only in foliose lichens, come in a variety...

perforations in the apothecia, and lower surfaces with white borders that lack rhizines. List of Parmotrema species Egan, Robert S. (1982). "Parmotrema arteagum...

surface is pale and finely pubescent (covered with soft, fine hairs). Rhizines, which are root-like structures that anchor the lichen to its substrate...

edges and surfaces, while the undersides are white to pale tan with sparse rhizines. Apothecia (fruiting bodies) are uncommon in this species. Physciella chloantha...

roughened lower thallus surface has a pale buff to pinkish tone, and the rhizines are long, slender, and abundant. Its apothecia are plentiful; they are...

is black at the centre, transitioning to dark brown towards the edges. Rhizines are sparse and primarily located at the margins. The pycnidia (asexual...

thalli, which lack a lower cortex and are attached to the substrate by rhizines. A key feature of Pseudopeltula is its complex apothecia (fruiting bodies)...

becoming dark brown towards the margin, without a distinct rhizine-free zone. The rhizines are long, slender, black, mostly simple, and sometimes sparsely...

to deep brown, rhizine-free margin that is about 3–5 mm wide and blackens and sparsely rhizinate towards the thallus centre. The rhizines are short, stout...

black, smooth and shiny, with numerous root-like (rhizines) that help anchor the lichen. These rhizines are black, measure up to 1 mm long, and can be either...

and adheres to its substrate through numerous fungal strands, or hyphae. Rhizines do not occur in this species. Its spore-producing structures, or ascomata...

edge of the lobes, with the rhizines growing all the way to the edge of the lobe. There is no distinct deep brown rhizine-free lower margin, but the lower...