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Pycnidium

Fungal spore-bearing structure

Pycnidium
Summary

Fungal spore-bearing structure

Phoma-Coelomycetes Pycnidium

A pycnidium (plural pycnidia) is an asexual fruiting body produced by mitosporic fungi, for instance in the order Sphaeropsidales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes) or order Pleosporales (Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes). It is often spherical or inversely pearshaped (obpyriform) and its internal cavity is lined with conidiophores. When ripe, an opening generally appears at the top, through which the pycnidiospores escape.

References

References

  1. (1966). "Development of the pycnidium in Septoria". Transactions of the British Mycological Society.
  2. (1996). "Spatio-temporal development of pycnidia and perithecia and dissemination of spores of Mycosphaerella pinodes on pea (Pisum sativum)". Plant Pathology.
  3. (2018-07-26). "Tzeananiaceae, a new pleosporalean family associated with Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis fruiting bodies in Taiwan". MycoKeys.
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