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sporophore
[ spawr-uh-fawr, spohr-uh-fohr ]
noun
Mycology.
- a fungus hypha specialized to bear spores.
sporophore
/ ˈspɔːrəʊˌfɔː; ˈspɒ- /
noun
- an organ in fungi that produces or carries spores, esp the massive spore-bearing body of mushrooms, etc
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Other yvlog Forms
- ··ǰ· [spawr-, uh, -, fawr, -ik, -, for, -, spohr-], ·DZ··dzܲ [sp, uh, -, rof, -er-, uh, s], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sporophore1
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Example Sentences
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The simple sporophore does not necessarily terminate in conidia, however.
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Stump of Norway Spruce, with a sporophore of polyporus annosus several years old; the inner portions of the stump wholly decayed.
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Corda states that, although only one spore is produced at a time on each sporophore, when this falls away others are produced in succession for a limited period.
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Since in such cases the sporophore bears sexual cells, they may be conveniently termed gametophores.
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The term “receptacle” sometimes applied to these spore-bearing hyphae is better replaced by sporophore.
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