spore fruit

American  

noun

Botany, Mycology.

1. a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.

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Etymology

Origin of spore fruit

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The sterile filaments between the spore sacs usually have thickened ends, which are dark-colored, and give the color to the inner surface of the spore fruit.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

The appendages growing out from the wall of the spore fruit are often very beautiful in form, and the two genera given above are often subdivided according to the form of these appendages.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

The spore fruit is more highly developed than in the liverworts, but never contains elaters.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

The spore fruit now enlarges rapidly, and the outer cells become first yellow and then dark brown, the walls becoming thicker and harder as they change color.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

These branches soon grow together, and cross-walls are formed in them, so that the young spore fruit  appears surrounded by a single layer of cells, sufficiently transparent, however, to allow a view of the interior.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton