The podetium may be branched, and sometimes cup-like.
2.
The secondary thallus the " podetium " is extensively branched, and may reach up to tall.
3.
A podetium ( plural podetia ) is a lichenized stem-like structure of an apothecium rising from the primary body of the thallus.
4.
The axil, the inner junction of a branchlet with a branch or with another branchlet, is open, with inrolled branches, and frequently with a longitudinal groove that extends down the podetium from the axil.
परिभाषा
an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne