- plural of sorus.
sori
Americannoun
noun
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They are distinguished by large leaves called fronds and small sporangia-containing structures called sori, which are found on the underside of the fronds.
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Inside the sori, spores are produced by meiosis and released into the air.
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The photo shows small bumps called sori on the underside of a fern frond.
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Stipes and rachis dark brown and the sori short, near the midrib.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry
July.—Imperfectly fertile fronds sometimes occur, with the still foliaceous pinnæ cut into obovate segments with free veins and abortive sori; the so-called var. obtusilobàta.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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