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hypogeal

(hī′pə-jē′əl) also

hypogean

(-ən) or

hypogeous

(-əs)
adj.
1. Living or occurring under the earth's surface.
2. Botany Of or relating to seed germination in which the cotyledons remain below the surface of the ground.

hy′po·ge′al·ly adv.
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hypogeal

(of seed GERMINATION) characterized by the COTYLEDONS (2) remaining underground within the seed coat as the epicotyl lengthens, with the young shoot and root growing out from the seed. The broad bean (Vicia faba), for example, is hypogeal. Compare EPIGEAL.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Keys to spores of the genera of hypogeous fungi of North temperate florests with special reference to animal mycophagy.
The effects of thinning and broadcast burning on sporocarp production of hypogeous fungi.
Hypogeous germination occurs when the epicotyl emerges and cotyledons remain below the soil surface.
At that time, hypogeous fungi were known to contain high levels of nitrogen, vitamins and minerals, and to be major dietary items for many rodents and other small mammals.
Permanent water sources help create a moist microclimate and often contain shallow soils that are conducive to the growth of hemlocks, spruce and fir and the hypogeous fungi associated with their root systems (Meyer and North, 2005; Meyer et al., 2007).
hypogeous seed germination--when the epicotyl emerges and the cotyledons remain below the soil surface.
1 kg) kangaroo-like marsupials, which feed extensively on the hypogeous fruiting bodies of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Christensen 1980; Seebeck et al.
Mushroom is a macrofungus with a distinctive fruiting body, which can either be epigeous or hypogeous and large enough to be seen with naked eye and to be picked by hand [3].
These species play important roles in dispersing seeds and hypogeous fungi, thereby influencing structure and composition of forests (Janzen, 1971; Maser et al., 1978; Johnson, 1996; Cousens et al., 2008).
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