Gloeosporium

noun

Gloe·​o·​spo·​ri·​um

-ˈspōreəm

: a form genus of several hundred imperfect fungi (family Melanconiaceae) having no setae around the acervuli and often causing anthracnoses of cultivated plants compare colletotrichum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gloeo- + -sporium

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