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Aecium

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æciumnounObsolete spelling of aecium. [(mycology) A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.]
aecidiumnoun(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
aeciosporenoun(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
æciosporenounObsolete spelling of aeciospore. [(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.]
pseudoaethaliumnoun(mycology) A structure consisting of many sporangia packed together in certain myxomycete species.
apotheciumnoun(lichenology, mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
ascocarpnoun(mycology) The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
aethaliumnounA flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.
peritheciumnoun(mycology) An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
peridermiumnoun(mycology) A blister-shaped aecium found in some fungi.
spore fruitnoun(mycology) Synonym of ascocarp.
paraphysisnoun(botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
cleistotheciumnoun(botany) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration
theciumnoun(mycology, dated) The hymenium
mycocecidiumnoun(biology) A gall caused by a parasitic fungus
ascosporenoun(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
sporocystnoun(biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.
sporocarpnoun(mycology) The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs.
acrosporenoun(mycology, obsolete) A fungal spore produced at the tip of a specialized hypha.
gasterocarpnoun(mycology) A type of fungal fruiting body in gasteromycetes

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