oospore
[oh-uh-spawr, -spohr]
- a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
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Origin of oospore
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After the production of this oospore the parent filament gradually loses its vitality and slowly decays.
This oospore, or resting spore, may remain dormant in this state within the tissues of the foster plant for some months.
Fungi: Their Nature and UsesMordecai Cubitt Cooke
The oospore becomes an oosporangium, and from it at least a hundred germinating bodies are at length expelled.
Fungi: Their Nature and UsesMordecai Cubitt Cooke
Reproduction from an oospore formed by the combination of two sexual cells.
The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host.
oospore
- a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
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oospore
(ō′ə-spôr′)- A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere.
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oospore
[ō′ə-spôr′]
- A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere.
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