Definition of Pycnidium. Meaning of Pycnidium. Synonyms of Pycnidium

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Definition of Pycnidium

Pycnidium
Pycnidium Pyc*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Pycnidia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? crowded.] (Bot.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

Meaning of Pycnidium from wikipedia

- A pycnidium (plural pycnidia) is an a****ual fruiting body produced by mitosporic fungi, for instance in the order Sphaeropsidales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes)...
- top called perithecia (singular: perithecium), and pycnidia (singular: pycnidium), shaped like perithecia but without asci (an ascus is the structure that...
- of conidiomata, distinguished by their form, are: pycnidia (singular: pycnidium), which are flask-shaped, and acervuli (singular: acervulus), which have...
- in a****ual sporocarps with different characteristics (e.g. acervulus, pycnidium, sporodochium). Some species of ascomycetes form their structures within...
- Lichenoconium reichlingii Diederich 1986. Pycnidium with dark brown conidia. Photo: Paul Diederich....
- morphological study of this group. It was in this work he introduced the term pycnidium to describe the a****ual fruiting body found in many species of fungi....
- pot****ium iodine (K/I) solutions causes the gel inside the pycnidium to stain red. Within the pycnidium, the spore-producing cells (conidiogenous cells) line...
- may grow anywhere on the pycnidium. Pycnidiospores are hyaline, oblong to ovoid, biguttulate, and sessile in the pycnidium; they ooze from ruptures or...
- that it is a polycyclic disease, it can a****ually produce conidia in a pycnidium which continually inoculates new hosts throughout the growing season,...
- and plant debris. This serves as the primary inoculum. In the spring, pycnidium are produced on plant debris and the petioles of abscise leaves. In the...