abstriction

American

[ab-strik-shuhn] / æbˈstrɪk ʃən /

noun

Mycology.

a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.

abstriction British

/ æbˈstrɪkʃən /

noun

the separation and release of a mature spore from a sporophore by the formation of a septum. This process occurs in some fungi

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Etymology

Origin of abstriction

First recorded in 1640–50; ab- + striction

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