indusium in English
noun
1
a thin membranous covering, especially a shield covering a sorus on a fern frond.
The leaf margins themselves are often reflexed to form false indusia that protect the sori.
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1. Despite encompassing an astonishing range of leaf complexity, all species of Adiantum share a unique character state not observed in other ferns: sporan - gia borne directly on the reflexed leaf margin or “false indusium” (pseudoindusium).