sporophore

[ spawr-uh-fawr, spohr-uh-fohr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Mycology.

sporophore

/ ˈspɔːrəʊˌfɔː; ˈspɒ- /

an organ in fungi that produces or carries spores, esp the massive spore-bearing body of mushrooms, etc

spo·ro·phor·ic [spawr-, uh, -, fawr, -ik, -, for, -, spohr-], spo·roph·o·rous [sp, uh, -, rof, -er-, uh, s], adjective

First recorded in 1840–50; sporo- + -phore

The term “receptacle” sometimes applied to these spore-bearing hyphae is better replaced by sporophore.

Most of Basidiomycetes are characterized by the large sporophore on which the basidia with its basidiospores are borne.

Stump of Norway Spruce, with a sporophore of polyporus annosus several years old; the inner portions of the stump wholly decayed.

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