ˌstagəˈnäspərə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stagon-, stagōn drop (from stazein to drip) + New Latin -o- + -spora — more at stagnate
: a large cosmopolitan genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) having oblong several-septate hyaline pycniospores and including some forms that cause leaf diseases of economic plants