Stictis

noun

Stic·​tis

ˈstiktə̇s

: a genus (the type of the family Stictidaceae) of fungi characterized by sunken pilose perithecia and filiform many-septate hyaline ascospores

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Greek stiktos tattooed, spotted

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