appressorium

English

Etymology

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Noun

appressorium (plural appressoria)

(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.

Translations

a bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi

Catalan: apressori (ca) m
Portuguese: apressório m

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