pycnium

pycnium
pycnial, adj.
/pik"nee euhm/, n., pl. pycnia /-nee euh/. Mycol.
a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
[1900-05; < NL; see PYCN-, -IUM]

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