sterigma
noun
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.
sterigmata
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pluralof sterigma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In Figure 2 a number of sterile cells will be seen which resemble the basidia except that the latter bear four sterigmata upon which the spores rest.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The spores, therefore, are articulated in rows, one after the other, from the ends of the sterigmata.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Basidiospores continuous or rarely septate, globose, obovoid, ellipsoidal to oblong, smooth or roughened, hyaline or colored, borne singly at the apex of sterigmata.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
These basides are swollen, club-shaped cells, surmounted by four minute tubes or spore-bearers, called sterigmata, each of which carries a spore.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
This view seems to be supported by the fact that, in the section Pluteus and some others, the cystidia are surmounted by short horns resembling sterigmata.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
