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

1. (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.