Definition: 'Acrotheca'
acrotheca
Type: TermPronunciation: ak′rō-thē′kă
Definitions:
1. In fungi, a type of spore formation characteristic of the genus Fonsecaea, in which conidia are formed along the ends and sides of irregular club-shaped conidiophores.
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