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.
Example Sentences
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Still, when Tulasne cultivated Endophyllum sempervivum, he obtained on some perfectly isolated rosettes of Sempervivum some Æcidium richly provided with normal and fertile spores, without any trace of spermogonia or of spermatia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Finally, there exist in the Ascomycetes certain organs of reproduction, diverse spore-bearing apparatus, pycnidia, and others, which, like the spermogonia, usually precede ascophorous fruits.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Between the blisters are the minute spermogonia, b.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
In five days yellow spots were seen on the leaves, and in two days more indications of spermogonia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
