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sporophore

[ spawr-uh-fawr, spohr-uh-fohr ]

noun

Mycology.
  1. a fungus hypha specialized to bear spores.


sporophore

/ ˈspɔːrəʊˌfɔː; ˈspɒ- /

noun

  1. an organ in fungi that produces or carries spores, esp the massive spore-bearing body of mushrooms, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

First recorded in 1840–50; sporo- + -phore
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

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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