the male sex organ of algae, fungi, bryophytes, and spore-bearing vascular plants, such as ferns, which produces antherozoids
Derived forms
antheridial (ˌantherˈidial)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, diminutive of anthēraanther
Examples of 'antheridia' in a sentence
antheridia
Oogonia and antheridia are especially susceptible to the reduction of the light period.
Janusz Maszewski 2014, 'The effect of light factor on the development of thallus and generative organs inChara vulgaris L.', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/3357. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In all treatments, cordiform gametophytes presenting antheridia were observed at 120 days.
Isabel Beatriz de Vargas, Annette Droste 2014, 'In vitro propagation of Cyathea atrovirens (Cyatheaceae): spore storage and sterilizationconditions', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000200027&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Vegetative cells, oogonia and antheridia were observed, which allowed taxonomic identification.
Marta Pikosz, Beata Messyasz 2015, 'New data on distribution, morphology and ecology of Oedogonium capillare Kützing exHirn (Oedogoniales, Chlorophyta) in Poland', Biodiversity: Research and Conservationhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biorc.2015.40.issue-1/biorc-2015-0032/biorc-2015-0032.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Mature gametophyte possessed functional antheridia and archegonia.
Katarzyna Goller, Jan J. Rybczyński 2011, 'Gametophyte and sporophyte of tree ferns in vitro culture', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/492. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The isolates were homothallic and produced spherical oogonia with smooth walls and paragynous, rarely amphigynous, spherical to ovoid antheridia.
Zahra MIRSOLEIMANI, Reza MOSTOWFIZADEH-GHALAMFARSA 2014, 'Characterization of Phytophthora pistaciae, the causal agent of pistachiogummosis, based on host range, morphology, and ribosomal genome', Phytopathologia Mediterraneahttp://www.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11549. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The antheridia appear 46-234 days after the sowing, have three cells surrounding the androgenic cell.
Blanca Pérez-García, Aniceto Mendoza, Irma Reyes Jaramillo, Ramón Riba 1999, 'Morfogénesis de la fase sexual de seis especies mexicanas de helechos del género Dryopteris(Dryopteridaceae)', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441999000100008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our observations are discussed in terms of changing morphogenetic preferences for antheridia and oogonia within the life-span of a plant.
Maria Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka Pala, Janusz Maszewski 2014, 'Size-variation in the antheridia and oogonia of Chara vulgaris under different experimentalconditions', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/856. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both archegonia and antheridia were found on each gametophyte, showing the evidence of being homosporous fern.
Fatai Adekanye OLOYEDE, Tosin Yetunde OLATUNJI, Ejeoghene Rita OGBIMI 2017, 'Spore Germination, Gametophyte Development and Studies of the Growth Rate of Adiantumcapillus-veneris L.', Notulae Scientia Biologicaehttp://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/10117. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Oogonia and antheridia were also observed inside the epidermal cells, and oospores inside the parenchymal tissue close to xylem vessels.
Sonia Yamile Gómez, José Filgueira-Duarte 2012, 'Monitoring the infective process of the downy mildew causal agent within micropropagatedrose plants', Agronomía Colombianahttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-99652012000200008&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)