sterigma
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sterigmata
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Origin of sterigma
1865–70; < New Latin < Greek stḗrigma a support, equivalent to stērig-, base of stērízein to support + -ma noun suffix
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These are filled with protoplasm, swell more and more, and, after some time, separate themselves by a partition from the sterigma into independent cells, spores, or conidia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
D, Passage of a nucleus through the sterigma into the basidiospore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The hymenium is universal; the basidia round and two-lobed, each lobe bearing a single one-spored sterigma.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Every sterigma at first produces at its point a little round protuberance, which, with a strong narrow basis, rests upon the sterigma.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Each projection or sterigma soon swells at its extremity into a bladder-like body, the young spore, and, as they enlarge, the protoplasm of the basidium is passed into them.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The rayed divergent protuberances are the direct producers and bearers of the propagating cells, spores, or conidia, and are called sterigmata.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Typically, e.g. in the Toad-stools, it is a club-shaped structure, produced at its free end into four slender processes, the sterigmata, each of which bears a basidiospore at its tip.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
All sterigmata spring up at the same time, and keep pace with one another in the formation of the spores.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
They resemble each other very much, except that the basidia bear four sterigmata and a spore on each.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
These, when ripe, are cast off from the sterigmata.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
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