Plant Disease Glossary

verb to make someone feel annoyed or resentful

adjective feeling or showing anger or annoyance

• The criticism from her colleagues galled her deeply.
• It really galled me when he didn't show up to the meeting.
• I was totally galled when she cut in line at the store.
• The betrayal by his best friend galled him like a thorn in his side.

noun a specialized fruiting body of certain rust fungi, containing a cluster of spores

• The aecia are specialized structures on certain rust fungi that produce aeciospores.
• The aecia are like little spore factories on the fungus.
• Those aecia things on the fungus are so weird looking.
• The aecia act like tiny factories producing spores for the fungus.

noun a group of specialized fungal cells that produce spores in certain plant diseases

• The aecidia on the leaves of the plant are a sign of rust infection.
• Those weird spots on the plant leaves are called aecidia.
• The plant has these funky growths on it, they're called aecidia.
• The aecidia on the plant represent a struggle against disease.