pikˈnidēəm noun
( plural pycnid·ia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from pycn- + -idium
1. : a flask-shaped spore fruit that bears conidiophores and pycnidiospores on the interior and is typical of various imperfect fungi (as of the order Phyllostictales) and ascomycetes
2. : pycnium