sporangium

American  

[spuh-ran-jee-uhm] / spəˈræn dʒi əm /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

plural

sporangia

1. the case or sac in which spores are produced.

---

sporangium British  

/ spəˈrændʒɪəm /

noun

1. any organ, esp in fungi, in which asexual spores are produced

---

sporangium Scientific  

/ spə-răn′jē-əm /

plural

sporangia

1. A cell or structure in which spores are produced. Ferns, fungi, mosses, and algae release spores from sporangia.

2. Also called spore case

---

Other Word Forms

• sporangial adjective

Etymology

Origin of sporangium

1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel

Example Sentences

Then something magical happens: The fungus stops eating and rearranges itself into a giant stalk with a ball of cells — a sporangium — on top.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Allomyces produces diploid or haploid flagellated zoospores in a sporangium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

They may be released from the parent thallus either outside or within a special reproductive sac called a sporangium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Its sporangium grows inside, and then explodes out of, the insect’s head.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2014

A single spore, from the same sporangium as 6 a.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)