zygosporangium

American

[zahy-goh-spaw-ran-jee-uhm, -spoh-, zig-oh-] / ˌzaɪ goʊ spɔˈræn dʒi əm, -spoʊ-, ˌzɪg oʊ- /

noun

Mycology.

PLURAL

zygosporangia

a sporangium that bears a zygospore.

Etymology

Origin of zygosporangium

zygo- + sporangium

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Zygomycetes get their name from the special reproductive structure in which they have sex and sexual spores: the zygosporangium.

From Scientific American

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