Coniothyrium
noun
Co·ni·o·thyr·i·um
ˌkōnēōˈthirēəm
: a form genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) with dark olivaceous spores that includes a species (C. diplodiella) that causes white rot of grapes
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from coni- + thyr- (from Greek thyreos oblong shield, from thyra door) + -ium