podetium

[ puh-dee-shee-uh m, -shuh m ]
/ pəˈdi ʃi əm, -ʃəm /

noun, plural po·de·ti·a [puh-dee-shee-uh, -shuh] /pəˈdi ʃi ə, -ʃə/. Botany, Mycology.

(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
any stalklike elevation.

Origin of podetium

1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek pod- pod- + New Latin -etium (apparently arbitrarily < Greek -et- or -ēt- + Latin -ium)