Cytospora

noun

Cy·​tos·​po·​ra

sīˈtäspərə

: a form genus of parasitic imperfect fungi (family Phyllostictaceae) that produce their spores in pycnidial cavities within a stroma that is either subepidermal or subcortical in the host

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cyt- + -spora

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