Macrocyst
[mak-ruh-sist] /ˈmæk rəˌsɪst/
noun, Mycology.
1.
a large or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
/ˈmækrəʊˌsɪst/
noun
1.
an unusually large cyst
2.
(in slime moulds) an encysted resting protoplasmic mass See plasmodium (sense 1)
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