Podetium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Podetium \Po*de"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Podetia}, E. {Podetiums}. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. ?, ?, foot.] (Bot.)
     A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in
     the so-called reindeer moss.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  podetium
       n : an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the
           outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the
           ascocarp is borne
       [also: {podetia} (pl)]