phycomater

A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.

Noun

  1. A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
    • The cells, granules, and plasma of which they consist become developed, and propagate themselves in the areolar and vascular net-works within the canals, like the sporules, thallus, and phycomater of fungi: […] - 1850,...

Origin

From phyco- + Latin mater (“mother”).