pycnium

[pik-nee-uhm]

noun

Mycology.

plural

pycnia 

1. a flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.

Other Word Forms

• pycnial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pycnium¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1900–05; pycn-, -ium