a. Bot. Also sphæriæform. [f. mod.L. Sphæria (see def.) + -(I)FORM.] Having a form like that of Sphæria, the typical genus of Sphæriaceæ (see prec.).
1857. Berkeley, Cryptog. Botany, § 237. 247. Many species of … acrosporous sphæriæform Fungi.
1887. W. Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, 351. Pycnidia intermixed with the above, sphæriaform.
