Aethalium

See also: aethalium and æthalium

Translingual

Aethalium septicum (now Fuligo septica), type species of Aethalium

Etymology

Ancient Greek αἴθᾰλος (aíthalos, “soot”) + New Latin -ium (“biological structure”)

Proper noun

Aethalium n

(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physaraceae – now Fuligo.
- 1868, Thomas Henry Huxley, On the Physical Basis of Life (in English):
  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

References

Fuligo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fuligo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Fuligo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Fuligo at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Aethalium at MycoBank
Aethalium at Index Fungorum
“Aethalium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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