A pycnidium (plural pycnidia) is an asexual fruiting body produced by mitosporic fungi in the form order Sphaeropsidales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes). It is often spherical or inversely pearshaped (obpyriform) and its internal cavity is lined with conidiophores. When ripe, an opening generally appears at the top, through which the pycnidiospores ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnidium
Pyc·nid'i·um noun ; plural Pycnidia . [ New Latin , from Greek ... crowded.] (Botany) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/202