Acrospore
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A fungal spore produced at the tip of a specialized hypha. obsolete
"In all these (which to the naked eye appear as patches of a white woolly substance) the fruit, or acrospores, as they are called in technical language, are situated on the tips of certain upright threads, sometimes solitary, but more generally branched, so as to have the appearance of miniature forest trees, only that there are no leaves, and that each branchlet supports at its apex a single round or oval acrospore."
Example
More examples"In all these (which to the naked eye appear as patches of a white woolly substance) the fruit, or acrospores, as they are called in technical language, are situated on the tips of certain upright threads, sometimes solitary, but more generally branched, so as to have the appearance of miniature forest trees, only that there are no leaves, and that each branchlet supports at its apex a single round or oval acrospore."
Etymology
From acro- + spore.
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