SPORIDIUM

Etymology

Noun

sporidium (plural sporidia)

(botany) A secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.

An ascospore.

Any spore.

Source: Wiktionary


Spo*rid"i*um, n.; pl. Sporidia. Etym: [NL. See Spore.] (Bot.) (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. (b) A spore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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