epispore

American

[ep-i-spawr, -spohr] / ˈɛp ɪˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

the principal outer covering of a spore.

Etymology

Origin of epispore

First recorded in 1825–35; epi- + spore

Example Sentences

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This species is different from D. difforme chiefly in the rougher and somewhat banded epispore.

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Very distinct from P. newtoni in color, form, habit, epispore, etc.

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Differs from D. squamulosum in the reticulate epispore.

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Sporangia gregarious, upon a common hypothallus, erect, small, cylindric, stipitate; stipe black, extremely short, about half a millimetre; columella reaching the apex; capillitium violet-black, darker near the surface, forming a complete superficial net at the lower part of the sporangium only, elsewhere irregular or vanishing; spore-mass nearly black; single spores violet-black under the lens, the epispore spinulose and reticulate, about 8 �.

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The markings on the epispore are sufficient to identify it.

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