sporodochium
noun
spo·ro·do·chi·um
ˌspōrəˈdōkēəm
plural sporodochia
-ēə
: an erumpent crowded cluster of conidiophores arising from a stroma in the form of a cushion (as in the Tuberculariaceae)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from spor- + Greek docheion holder, receptacle, from dechesthai, dekesthai to receive, accept; akin to Greek dokein to seem good