Sporangism 



sporogenous 



Sporan'gism, the condition of pro- 

 ducing sporangia ; Sporan'giospore 

 (a-rropa., a seed), a term proposed 

 for the spores of Myxogastres ; 

 Sporan'gium, cf. SPORANGE. 

 Spore, Spor'a (<nropd, a seed), a cell 

 which becomes free and capable of 

 direct development into a new 

 bion ; in Cryptogams the analogue 

 of seed in Phanerogams, understood 

 by Saccardo as a BASIDIOSPORE ; 

 further particularized by C. Mac- 

 millan into Pri'mo-, Secun'do-, Ter'- 

 tio-, Quar'to-, and Quin'to- spores, 

 according to their assumed develop- 

 ment; ~ Bul'bils.abortiveapothecia 

 in certain Lichens ; ~ Case, = 

 SPORANGIUM ; ~ Cell, a spore, or 

 a cell which gives rise to a spore 

 (Crozier) ; ~ Group, = SPORIDESM ; 

 ~ Hy'brid, a hybrid arising in the 

 gametophytic stage ; ~ Initials, 

 small processes borne by the fertile 

 hyphae of Graphiola, which pro- 

 duce spores by one or more bi- 

 partitions of their contents (E. 

 Fischer) ; ~ Lay'er, a layer of mother- 

 cells of the spores of Phascum ; 

 <" Sport, a variation arising from 

 a sexual reproductive act ; cf. ~ 

 Hy'brid ; Spor'eling, a young plant 

 from a germinated spore ; Spor'e- 

 plasm (Tr\d<Tfj.a, moulded), the pro- 

 toplasm in a sporangium destined 

 to produce spores ; Spor'id, see 

 SPORIDIUM ; Spor'idesm (Secr/uos, a 

 bond), a pluricellular body, be- 

 coming free like a spore, in which 

 each cell is an independent spore 

 with power of separate germina- 

 tion ; sporidif erus ( + SPORIDIUM, 

 fe.ro, I bear), bearing sporidia ; 

 sporidiform'is (forma, shape), 

 shaped like a sporidium ; sporidig'- 

 erus (gero, I bear), sporidifer'us ; 

 Sporid'iole, Sporidi'olum, pi. 

 Sporid'iola, formerly used for 

 spores in the lower Cryptogams ; 

 Sporid'ium, (1) a synonym or dim- 

 inutive of SPORE, or a granule 

 which resembles a spore (Fries); (2) 

 a spore abjointed from a promy- 

 celium ; (3) by Saccardo the term 



is used as equivalent to Asco- 

 SPORE ; Sporido'chia, Sporido'chium 

 (doxelov, a holder), "the receptacle 

 or even the stipe of certain 

 Fungals " (Lindley) ; spor'o-antner- 

 id'ic, Brebner's term for that con- 

 dition of Haplospora when spores 

 and antheridia are borne by distinct 

 individuals ; ~ -hermaph'rodite, 

 when some are hermaphrodite and 

 others bear asexually produced 

 spores ; <~ -oog'onous, bearing 

 spores in one individual and 

 oogonia in another ; Spor'oblast 

 (/SXatrros, a bud), Koerber's word 

 for MERISPORE ; Spor'ocarp, Sporo- 

 car'pium (/capiros, fruit), (1) a 

 many-celled body resulting from 

 a sexual act as from an archicarp, 

 serving for the formation of spores ; 

 (2) the indusium or body enclosing 

 the sporangia in Hydropterideae ; 

 Spor'ocide (cido, stem of caedo, I 

 cut), a germicide, any agent which 

 destroys the vitality of spores or 

 germs ; Sporoclad'ium (/cAdSos, a 

 branch), a branch on which the 

 reproductive bodies of some Algae 

 are found ; Sporoconid'ium ( + CON- 

 IDIUM), used by A. Braun for 

 ACROSPORE ; Sporocys'ta (/cwms, a 

 bag), the sporangium of an Alga ; 

 Spor'oderm, Sporoderm'is (Sep^a, a 

 skin), the integument of a spore ; 

 Spor'ocyte (KVTOS, a hollow), Goe- 

 bel's term for the mother-cell of a 

 spore ; Sporocy'tium, a simple spor- 

 angium containingspores(A.Braun); 

 Sporodo'chium, pi. Sporodo'chia 

 (5ox.t?ov, a holder), the sporiferous 

 apparatus in Fungi belonging to 

 Tuberculariae, cf. SPORIDOCHIA ; 

 Sporogam'ia (73^05, marriage), term 

 which has been suggested for the 

 heterosporous Cryptogams ; Sporo- 

 gem'ma (gemma, a bud), A. Braun's 

 term for the oogonium (nucule) 

 of Ghara ; Spor'ogen (7^0?, off- 

 spring), a plant which bears spores, 

 a Cryptogam ; sporog'enous, pro- 

 ducing spores ; ~ Fil'aments, Olt- 

 mann's term for certain outgrowths 

 of the fertilized carpogonium of 



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