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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The first of these is analogous to the Sphæriacei of Ascomycetous fungi, and probably consists largely of spermogonia of known species of Sphæria, the relations of which have not hitherto been traced.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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
Several of the species of Hysterium also possess spermogonia, notably H. Fraxini, which may be distinguished from the ascigerous perithecia with which they are associated by their smaller size and flask-like shape.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
