Sentence examples for crustlike from inspiring English sources

Crustlike "shields," formed as a result of rapid evaporation, alternate with rich black silico-clayey soils in the savanna areas.

A heteromerous thallus may have a stalked (fruticose), crustlike (crustose), or leafy (foliose) form; many transitional types exist.

Lichens that form a crustlike covering that is thin and tightly bound to the substrate are called crustose.

The fruticose form usually consists of two thalloid types: the primary thallus is crustlike or lobed; the secondary thalli, which originate from the crust or lobes of the primary thallus, consist of stalks that may be simple, cup-shaped, intricately branched, and capped with brown or red fruiting bodies called apothecia.

But he and other scientists cautioned against speculation about the nature of the crustlike spot until the rover could dig in and conduct scientific tests.