Pseudopeziza

noun

Pseu·​do·​peziza

"+

: a genus of fungi (family Mollisiaceae) having smooth waxy ascocarps and thin-walled asci that bear hyaline unicellular spores, containing one form (P. medicaginis) that causes a leaf spot of alfalfa and another (P. ribis) that causes anthracnose of currants, and including some species that were formerly included in the form genera Colletotrichum, Gloeosporium, and Marssonina

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pseud- + Peziza

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