Bot. [f. THALLUS + -INE1.] Of or pertaining to a thallus.
Thalline excipulum or exciple, an excipulum composed of a portion of the thallus, which surrounds it and forms a bowl-like rim. (Bennett & Dyer, trans. Sachs’ Bot. [1875], 269.)
1856. W. L. Lindsay, Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens, 45. This thalline fringe is very conspicuous.
1871. W. A. Leighton, Lichen-Flora, 179. Thalline margin entire.
