coremium
/kəˈrimiəm/
noun
- A bundle or cluster of fungal spores or hyphae that sticks up from the surface of a mold colony.
- When the mold grew on the bread, it formed a coremium that released spores into the air.
- Under the microscope, the coremium of the mold looked like a tiny stalk covered in spores.
- The biologist identified the fungus by the distinctive shape of its coremium.