spore /spōr or spör/ (biology)

1. A unicellular asexual reproductive body
2. Sometimes extended to other reproductive bodies

sporangial /spor-anˈji-əl/ adjective

sporanˈgiole or sporanˈgiolum (or /-jīˈ/) noun (pl sporanˈgioles or sporanˈgiola)

A sporangium containing one or few spores

sporanˈgiophore noun

The part that bears sporangia

sporanˈgiospore noun

A spore developed in a sporangium

sporanˈgium noun (pl sporanˈgia)

A hollow, walled structure or sac in which spores are produced (also spore case)

sporˈidesm noun

(Gr desmos a bond) a multicellular body or group of spores, of which every cell is capable of germinating

sporidˈial adjective

sporidˈium noun (pl sporidˈia)

A spore borne on a promycelium

sporˈocarp noun

1. (Gr karpos fruit) a structure containing the sori and sporangia in aquatic ferns
2. A multicellular structure in which spores are formed in certain fungi, algae, etc

sporˈocyst noun

1. A rounded, thick-walled structure produced, as by protozoans, in the process of sporulation
2. The cyst-like larva of a trematode

sporocystˈic adjective

sporogenˈesis noun

Production of or by spores (also sporogeny /-ojˈ/)

sporogˈenous adjective

Producing spores

sporogonium /-gōˈ/ noun (pl sporogoˈnia)

The capsule or asexual generation in mosses and liverworts

sporogˈony noun

(Gr gonē generation) the formation of spores in sporozoans

sporˈophore noun

A spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi

sporophorˈic or sporophˈorous adjective

sporˈophyll or sporˈophyl noun

(Gr phyllon leaf) a leaf (often modified) that bears sporangia

sporˈophyte noun

(Gr phyton plant) the spore-bearing or asexual generation in the lifecycle of a plant

sporophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective

sporotrichosis /spōr-ō-trik-ōˈsis/ noun

An infection of the skin (and rarely of muscles and bones) caused by the fungi of the genus Sporotrichum, resulting in granulomatous lesions

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