sə̇nˈki.trēəm, sə̇ŋˈk- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from syn- + Greek chytrion small earthen pot, diminutive of chytra earthen pot — more at chytra
: a genus (the type of the family Synchytriaceae of the order Chytridiales) of simple parasitic fungi having no mycelium but a unicellular thallus that at maturity functions either as single resting sporangia or as a sorus of sporangia surrounded by a common membrane — see potato wart