discoidal

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Sporangia discoidal, above concave, saucer-shaped, stipitate; the capillitium variable, anon physaroid, badhamioid, or even as in Didymium.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

We may also note the continuance of the genus Euomphalus, with its discoidal spiral shell.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

The discoidal plate of another specimen is supported by four absurdly grotesque monkeys, giving a general effect much like that of the last.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry

Again and again she moistens her paddle and discoidal stone, and continues the spanking process until the entire bowl of the pot is shaped.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest

A smooth discoidal stone, some 4 or 5 inches in diameter, and a wooden paddle are the instruments used to shape the bowl.

From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest