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Pycnidium vs Perithecium - What's the difference?

pycnidium | perithecium |

As nouns the difference between pycnidium and perithecium

is that pycnidium is in certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced while perithecium is an ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.

pycnidium

English

Noun

(pycnidia)
  • In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    perithecium

    English

    Noun

    (perithecia)
  • An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.