sporangium
Americannoun
noun
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A cell or structure in which spores are produced. Ferns, fungi, mosses, and algae release spores from sporangia.
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Also called spore case
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Origin of sporangium
1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel
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The sporangium is launched with a force equivalent to 20,000 times the force of gravity, toward a nearby patch of grass, where another horse or cow is likely to graze.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
The moss sporangium is a complex structure that allows release of spores away from the parent plant.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The sporangium is dark blue at the neck, and grainy white–blue elsewhere.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
From there, the fungus bursts forth from the poor ant’s head in the form of a sporangium that allows “thousands of spores” to “spread for miles,” with the help of the wind.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014
A well-marked and common species, distinguished by its depressed sporangium and dark-colored, opaque stipe.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Upon maturation, the plasmodium takes on a net-like appearance with the ability to form fruiting bodies, or sporangia, during times of stress.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The sporophytes differentiate specialized reproductive structures called sporangia, which are dedicated to the production of spores.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Imprints of Cooksonia show slender branching stems ending in what appear to be sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Haploid spores are produced by meiosis within the sporangia, and spores can be disseminated through the air or water to potentially land in more favorable environments.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
“In the early stages of growth, before the appearance of the sporangia, the interrupted fern is easily confused with the cinnamon fern. Luckily, there are several ways the careful observer might tell them apart....”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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