sporangium
Americannoun
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sporangia
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noun
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sporangia
plural
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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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Then something magical happens: The fungus stops eating and rearranges itself into a giant stalk with a ball of cells — a sporangium — on top.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
One hypha has a round sporangium, about 35 microns in diameter, at the tip.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Its sporangium grows inside, and then explodes out of, the insect’s head.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014
The sporangium, the multicellular sexual reproductive structure, is present in bryophytes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Eusporangiate Ferns, those in which the sporangium is a massive organ arising from several cells, whereas in leptosporangiate ferns it is a more delicate structure derived from a single superficial cell.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Imprints of Cooksonia show slender branching stems ending in what appear to be sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Photosynthesis takes place in their green stems, and small yellow knobs form at the tip of the branch stem and contain the sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Part B is a micrograph of long, thread-like mycelia and small, oval sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
After fertilization, the zygote matures and grows into a sporophyte, which in turn will form sporangia or “spore vessels.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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