Helotium
noun
He·lo·ti·um
hə̇ˈlōshēəm,
-ōtē-
: a genus (the type of the family Helotiaceae) comprising fungi that have inoperculate asci arranged in a hymenial layer in a cup-shaped apothecium with a colored rim of elongate thin-walled hyphae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Greek hēlōtos nail-shaped (from Greek hēlos nail) + New Latin -ium