sporocarp

American  

[spawr-uh-kahrp, spohr-] / ˈspɔr əˌkɑrp, ˈspoʊr- /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

1. (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.

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sporocarp British  

/ ˈspɒ-, ˈspɔːrəʊˌkɑːp /

noun

1. a specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori

2. the spore-producing structure in certain algae, lichens, and fungi

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Etymology

Origin of sporocarp

First recorded in 1840–50; sporo- + -carp

Example Sentences

One of these threads reaches and fertilizes a cell at the apex of the nucleus or solid body of the sporocarp.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Portion magnified, showing the two kinds of sporocarp; the small ones contain microspores.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The small ones open across and discharge microspores; the larger burst irregularly, and bring to view globose spore-cases, attached to the bottom of the sporocarp by a slender stalk.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

When first formed the hyph� are continuous and ramify through the nourishing substratum from which there arises afterward a spore-bearing growth known as the sporocarp or young mushroom.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Base of a leaf and contained sporocarp filled with microspores cut across, magnified.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa