spermogonium
Americannoun
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spermogonia
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of spermogonium
From New Latin, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at spermo-, -gonium
Example Sentences
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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
Similarly with the various types of conidial or oidial “fructifications,” termed pycnidia, spermogonia, aecidia, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
On the upper side of these spots may be seen little black specks, which microscopic examination shows to be spermogonia, resembling those of the lichens.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
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
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
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