— sterigmatic /ster'ig mat"ik, stear'-/ , adj.
/steuh rig"meuh/ , n. , pl. sterigmata /-meuh teuh/ . Mycol.
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or esp. a basidiospore.
[ 1865-70; stérigma a support, equiv. to sterig-, base of sterízein to support + -ma n. suffix ]