spermogonium
noun
one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
spermogonia
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pluralof spermogonium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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D, part of the leaf of a hawthorn attacked by the cluster cup stage of the same fungus, upper side showing spermogonia, natural size.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
Other and more minute perithecia, containing minute, slender stylospores in great numbers, formerly classed with Aposphæria, Phoma, &c., but are now recognized as spermogonia containing the spermatia of Sphæriæ.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The spermogonia constantly accompany or precede fruits of Æcidium, whence naturally follows the presumption that the first are in a sexual relation to the second.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The spermogonia are not always readily detected, as they are much smaller than the peridia, and sometimes precede them.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The perfect sporidia are also very minute and numerous, being contained in asci borne in cups, which usually surround the spermogonia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
