Sphaeropsis

noun

Sphae·​rop·​sis

sfə̇ˈräpsə̇s

: a form genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) having large unicellular dark pycnospores and including many forms that have been found to be imperfect stages of various other fungi (such as members of the genus Physalospora)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sphaer- + -opsis

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