zygophore

[zahy-guh-fawr, -fohr, zig-uh-]

noun

Mycology.

1. (in certain fungi) any of several specialized branches of hyphae, bearing the isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore.

Other Word Forms

• zygophoric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of zygophore¹

First recorded in 1900–05; zygo- + -phore