Sporangium

Quick meaning: Sporangium is a noun meaning (botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

Meaning

(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

Example Sentences

Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.

The sporangia, however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris, and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli.

Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen sporangia form.

Word Forms

• sporangia

Synonyms for sporangium

Depending on context, synonyms include sporange, theca, capsule.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unilocular, plurilocular, microsporangium, sporangiospore, capsule, sporocarp.

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