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(botany) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes..
With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores.
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Endosporous means (botany) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes..
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With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores.
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