pycnidium

English

Etymology

From New Latin pycnidium, from pycno- (“dense”) +‎ -idium.

Noun

pycnidium (plural pycnidia)

  1. In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
    Synonym: pycnid

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