or spermagonium (ˌspɜːməˈɡəʊnɪəm) or spermogone (ˈspɜːməʊˌɡɒn)
nounWord forms: plural-gonia (-ɡəʊnɪə) or -gones
a reproductive body in some fungi and lichens, in which spermatia are formed
Examples of 'spermogonia' in a sentence
spermogonia
The fungus produced amphigenous spermogonia and cupulate, mainly hypophyllous aecia.
Yuan-Min Shen, Tung-Chin Huang, Wen-Hsin Chung, Ting-Hsuan Hung 2016, 'Characterization of Aecidium deutziae, a rust fungus on Deutzia pulchra in Taiwan',Taiwaniahttp://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=1453. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
On the leaves there were a lot of uredinia and one group of spermogonia.
Jiří Müller, Ivana Šafránková 2007, 'Occurence of Puccinia bornmuelleri Magnus in the Czech Republic', Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensishttps://acta.mendelu.cz/55/2/0095/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)