English words starting with aec

Of or relating to an aecium; characterized by the presence of aecia; productive of aeciospores.

Of or relating to an aecidium; characterized by the presence of aecidia; productive of aecidiospores.

A spore formed in an aecidium; an aeciospore.

Any fungus of the former genus of pathogenic fungi, aecidium, now known to represent the aecial stage (anamorph) of rusts of the genus puccinia and other members of the order uredinales. also (in form aecidium): the genus itself.

A dikaryotic spore of a rust fungus, which is produced in an aecium and in a heteroecious species infects the primary host.

A fruiting body produced on the mycelium of a rust fungus at a particular stage in its life cycle (especially, in heteroecious species, that occurring on an alternate host), within which aeciospores are produced.