Pycnidium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pycnidium \Pyc*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Pycnidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     crowded.] (Bot.)
     In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of
     the inner walls of which spores are produced.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pycnidium
       n : flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia
       [also: {pycnidia} (pl)]