spermogonium

American  

[spur-muh-goh-nee-uhm] / ˌspɜr məˈgoʊ ni əm /

Or spermagonium

noun

Botany, Mycology.

• spermogonia
  plural

1. one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.

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spermogonium British  

/ ˌspɜːməˈɡəʊnɪəm /

noun

1. a reproductive body in some fungi and lichens, in which spermatia are formed

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• spermogonia
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of spermogonium

From New Latin, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at spermo-, -gonium

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

spermogonia

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

B, Part of vertical section through leaf of Berberis vulgaris, with a, aecidium fruits, p, peridium, and sp, spermogonia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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

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 pretty cups in the genus Æcidium are sometimes scattered and sometimes collected in clusters, either with spermogonia in the centre or on the opposite surface.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

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