a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Lecidea + -ACEOUS.] Having the characters of or resembling the genus Lecidea of lichens. So Lecideiform, Lecideine adjs.
1855. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Lecideaceous.
1871. W. A. Leighton, Lichen-flora, 154. Apothecia simply lecideine or patellaroid. Ibid., 392. Ardellæ … rotundate, lecideiform.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Bot. Terms, Lecideiform, lecideine, like the apothecium of Lecidea, which has a margin of the same colour as the disk.
