synnema

syn·ne·ma

[si-nee-muh]
noun, plural syn·ne·ma·ta [-muh-tuh] . Mycology.
a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, equivalent to syn- syn- + Greek nêma thread

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