promycelium
noun
pro·mycelium
(¦)prō+
plural promycelia
: a short usually 4-celled hyphal filament that constitutes the basidium of various heterobasidiomycetous fungi, is formed by germination of a teliospore in rusts or of a chlamydospore in smuts, and bears sporidia
called also epibasidium
compare autobasidium
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from pro- entry 1 + mycelium