See Also: pycnium(dictionary)

pycnium (iou)



pycnium noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin, from Greek puknos thick, dense.]
Botany. A flask-shaped structure found in rust fungi, analogous to the spermogonium of ascomycetes.
pycnial adjective M20.
pycniospore noun a spore formed in a pycnium M20.