ˌekrəˈnā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Eccrina, genus of fungi + -ales
: an order of fungi (class Phycomycetes) containing lower fungi that occur as parasites in the alimentary canals of arthropods, that have slender coenocytic hyphae with funnel-shaped attachment disks, and that reproduce by endospores