THESAURUS

Appressorium Thesaurus

(mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apiculus, prehaustorium, haustorium, perithecium, apothecium, peridermium.

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