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Definition of Pycnidia
1. pycnidium [n] - See also: pycnidium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnidia
Literary usage of Pycnidia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fungi which Cause Plant Disease by Frank Lincoln Stevens (1913)
"pycnidia smooth or nearly so pycnidia more or less cup-shaped, ... pycnidia with
cellular context pycnidia cup-like when mature, ..."
2. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1868)
"The few lichenologists, to whom these organs are familiar, describe pycnidia as
rare in Lichens—as occurring exceptionally only in a few cases—while ..."
3. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1868)
"The few lichenologists, to whom these organs are familiar, describe pycnidia as
rare in Lichens—as occurring exceptionally only in a ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"O. afra, O. varia : pycnidia. ... pycnidia, and two forms of ... pycnidia.
Similar reproductive irregularities occur inter /ilia in the geneva ..."
5. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"pycnidia rarely on spots ; spores thickened. ... The main structural difference
between pycnidia and perithecia is found in the method of bearing the spores ..."