Pyrenopeziza

noun

Py·​re·​no·​peziza

pī¦rē(ˌ)nō+

: a genus of fungi (family Mollisiaceae) that is similar to Pseudopeziza except in having dark-colored apothecia and that includes several parasites of economic plants

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pyren- + Peziza

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