appressorium

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Etymology

From New Latin. By surface analysis, appress +‎ -orium.

Noun

appressorium (plural appressoria)

  1. (mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.

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