dictyosporen.
/ˈdɪktɪəspɔː/, U.S. /ˈdɪktiəˌspɔr/ Mycology.
A multicellular spore divided by transverse and longitudinal septa.
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1931 F. E. Clements & C. L. Shear Genera of Fungi 199 Phaeodictyae..B. Conidia true dictyospores.
1962 C. J. Alexopoulos Introd. Mycol. (ed. 2) xviii. 394 Conidia are also named in accordance with their shape or structure. Thus we have dictyospores,..which possess both vertical and horizontal septa.
1988 Palynology 12 53/1 There is also a muriformly septate beaked dictyospore very much like that of the modern Alternaria.
2001 Mycologia 93 1096/1 The taxonomic value of dictyospores as a generic feature is not quite clear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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