sporodochium

noun

spo·​ro·​do·​chi·​um

ˌspōrəˈdōkēəm

plural sporodochia

-ēə

: an erumpent crowded cluster of conidiophores arising from a stroma in the form of a cushion (as in the Tuberculariaceae)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from spor- + Greek docheion holder, receptacle, from dechesthai, dekesthai to receive, accept; akin to Greek dokein to seem good

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