Endosporous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes. not-comparable

    "With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores."

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"With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores."

Etymology

From endospore + -ous.

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