pycnidium

A flask-shaped structure containing conidia, found in certain fungi,.

In botany, a receptacle in ascomycetous fungi, resembling a perithecium, in which stylospores or pycnospores are produced: same as clinosporangium. See stylospore. Also pycnid, pycnide.

[capitalized] [NL.] In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Tenebrionidæ. Also called Oochrotus.

In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia