sporo, spor(Greek: seed, a sowing)
megasporophyll
meiospore
General term for a spore (microscopic, unicellular, asexual, or sexual reproductive units of cryptogams and fungi) produced by meiosis.
merispore
A secondary spore, one resulting from the segmentation of another (compound or septate) spore.
microsporangium
A structure in which microspores are formed.
myriosporous, myriospored
1. Having very numerous spores.
2. Extremely polysporous. myxospore
myxosporous
oosporangium
A case or sac containing an oospore.
parthenospore
A spore produced from an unfertilized female gamete.
pleiosporous
In botany, having more than the usual number of spores.
Pleosporales
A large order of loculoedaphomycetid fungi which may be parasitic on plants and other fungi, saprobic or lichenized.
polysporangium
A sporangium (structure in which spores are produced) containing numerous spores.
sporangium
A single-celled or many-celled structure in which spores are produced, as in fungi, algae, mosses, and ferns. Also called spore case.
spore
sporicide, sporicidal
The killing of spores.
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