sporangium

American  

[spuh-ran-jee-uhm] / spəˈræn dʒi əm /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

plural

sporangia

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

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sporangium British  

/ spəˈrændʒɪəm /

noun

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

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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

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Other Word Forms

• sporangial adjective

Etymology

Origin of sporangium

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

Example Sentences

The sporangium is launched with a force equivalent to 20,000 times the force of gravity, toward a nearby patch of grass, where another horse or cow is likely to graze.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

The sporangium is dark blue at the neck, and grainy white–blue elsewhere.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The cycle starts with the release of haploid spores from the sporangium that developed on the sporophyte.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2014

The fused cell becomes a sporangium, and in it eight spores are developed.

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