“+ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Peziza
: a genus of fungi (family Mollisiaceae) having smooth waxy ascocarps and thin-walled asci that bear hyaline unicellular spores, containing one form ( P. medicaginis ) that causes a leaf spot of alfalfa and another ( P. ribis ) that causes anthracnose of currants, and including some species that were formerly included in the form genera Colletotrichum, Gloeosporium, and Marssonina