botrytis

American  

[boh-trahy-tis] / boʊˈtraɪ tɪs /

noun

1. any imperfect fungus of the genus Botrytis, having the conidia in grapelike bunches: a major cause of plant disease.

2. noble rot.

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botrytis British  

/ bɒtˈraɪtɪs /

noun

1. any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis , several of which cause plant diseases

2. winemaking a fungus of this genus, Botrytis cinerea , which causes noble rot

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Etymology

Origin of botrytis

< New Latin (1832) < Greek bótry ( s ) bunch of grapes + New Latin -( ī ) tis -itis

Example Sentences

This is particularly appropriate because Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus, meaning it kills its host and then feasts on the remains — a natural vampire that creates something almost immortal out of its predation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Keanumycins also fight Botrytis cinerea, a fungus that produces mold on plants and more than 200 types of food, including grapes and strawberries, according to the news release.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

This wine, made entirely from sémillon grown on limestone, was gorgeous, luscious with flavors of oranges and cream and the complexity that comes from grapes infected with Botrytis cinerea, the noble rot.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

Botrytis cinerea, known as gray mold or bud rot, has ruined about 15 percent of their harvest, RT3 said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2016

They were covered with mould, consisting chiefly of a species of Mucor, and one also of Botrytis or Botryosporium.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various