sporocarpn.
Botany.
A fructification containing sporangia; a spore-fruit or spore-case.
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receptaculum1796
thecophore1832
sporocarp1849
sporangiophore1875
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1127 In the higher Algæ, the sporocarps..are united together in conceptacles.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 154 The fruits consist of capsules of globular or oval form (sporo~carps, or spore-fruits).
1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 327 Upon the mycelium there arise..small rounded or oblong masses, the young sporocarps.
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