abstriction

 [ab-strik-shuhn]  

ab·stric·tion

   [ab-strik-shuhn]
noun Mycology.
a method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
Origin:
1640–50; ab- + striction
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abstriction (æbˈstrɪkʃən)
 
—n
the separation and release of a mature spore from a sporophore by the formation of a septum. This process occurs in some fungi
 
[C17: from Latin ab-1 + strictio a binding, from stringere to bind]

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