spermatiumn.
/spəːˈmeɪʃɪəm/ Botany.
A minute linear sporule forming part of the reproductive system of lichens and fungi. (Chiefly in plural.)
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1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 75 The fecundating influence of the spermatia or stylospores.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. i. 291 The spermatia or contents of the spermagonia never germinate.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. xiv. 440 A branch showing antheridia, a, and a carpogonium, o, with the trichogyne, t (e, spermatium).
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