A sporangium (from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá) 'seed', and ἀγγεῖον (angeîon) 'vessel'); pl.: sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores...

floor. The sporangium reaches a total height of 2–8 mm, while the black, hair-like stalk is usually two to six times the length of the sporangium. The color...

annulus around the sporangium, which ejects the spores. Eusporangiate ferns do not generally have specialized dehiscence mechanisms. Sporangium dehiscence through...

horse then eats the substrate, unknowingly consuming the sporangium as well. The Pilobolus sporangium survives the passage through the gastrointestinal tract...

They consist of a stalk called a seta and a single sporangium or capsule. Inside the sporangium, haploid spores are produced by meiosis. These are dispersed...

sporangium that contains uninucleate, haploid sporangiospores. An extension of the sporangiophore called the columella protrudes into the sporangium....

Phylctochytrium sp. Sporangium and zoospores of the chytrid fungus B. dendrobatidis, under a scanning electron microscope Chytrid sporangium and zoospores under...

are usually haploid and unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium of a diploid sporophyte. In some rare cases, diploid spore is also produced...

Orientation of the sporangium can be erect, inclined, or horizontal. Sporangium shape varies from cylindrical to ovoid. The sporangium is also typically...

shoot their sporangium, containing their spores, up to 2 m (6.6 ft) away. Due to an increase of pressure in the vesicle, the sporangium can accelerate...

known for their strong phototropism response and helical growth of the sporangium. The best studied species is Phycomyces blakesleeanus. Phycomyces can...

rim of the sporangium and where the peristome teeth are attached. Apophysis – a swelling, typically referring to the base of the sporangium. Archesporium...

few spores). They are released when mature by the disintegration of the sporangium wall, or as a whole sporangiole that separates from the sporangiophore...

Zygospore Ascospore/Ascus Basidiospore/Basidium/Teliospore anamorph/asexual: Sporangium Conidium Chlamydospore Oidium Pycniospore Other Hypha Haustorium Mycelium...

Pennate diatom from an Arctic meltpond, infected with two chytrid-like [zoo-]sporangium fungal pathogens (in false-colour red). Scale bar = 10 μm....

A late Silurian sporangium bearing trilete spores. Such spores provide the earliest evidence of life on land. Green: A spore tetrad. Blue: A spore bearing...

sporangia without the rest of the sporophyte. Sorus of monarch fern, with sporangium Gametophyte (thallus) and sporophyte (ascendant frond) of Onoclea sensibilis...

not. This results in diploid and haploid nuclei being found in the germ sporangium. Zygomycetes exhibit a special structure of cell wall. Most fungi have...

branching, thallose (flat and expanded) protonema, and explosively rupturing sporangium place it apart from other mosses. Andreaeopsida and Andreaeobryopsida...

stalk that branched dichotomously a few times. Each branch ended in a sporangium or spore-bearing capsule. In his original description of the genus, Lang...

cells aggregate to form a soft mass. Trichia varia Enteridium lycoperdon sporangium. Spores can disperse in air or water, or by slime mold flies. Metatrichia...

Zygote fungus sporangium, with columella labelled...

Rhizopus microsporus Rhizopus microsporus sporangium containing sporangiospores Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Fungi Division: Mucoromycota...

carpet or tapestry) can refer to: Tapetum (botany), tissue within the sporangium (especially the anther), which provides nutrition for growing spores ...

vesicle which is below the sporangium on a fungus. Is often used in the turgor-building and release to launch the sporangium from the stalk of the fungus...

Aplanospores (non-motile). These spores are endogenously produced in sporangium. A zygospore is formed by fusion of two gametes. These gametes are similar...

An annulus in botany is an arc or a ring of specialized cells on the sporangium. These cells are arranged in a single row, and are associated with the...

single large female meiospore or megaspore contained in the modified sporangium or nucellus of the parent sporophyte. The evolution of heterospory and...

is a specialised spherical sporangium produced by some species of fungi, smaller than or secondary to the typical sporangium. Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1895)...

penetrate the wall, lose their flagella and begin the formation of a sporangium. This structure generates new zoospores that cleave away from their group...