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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

the sporangium), the sporangium (the structure where spores mature), and the operculum (a flap that covers the end of the developing sporangium). In...

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...

side of the Czapek's agar; (c) Sporophore and spherical sporangium; (d) Conidia and sporangium with bilayer structure Scientific classification Domain:...

it has been suggested that the depression may mark the position of a sporangium. As the branch of a Lepidodendron lycopsid grew the leaf-cushion only...

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)...

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

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

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

Turgor pressure builds inside of the swelling until it ruptures, and the sporangium is hurled for 2 meters. The calcium oxalate crystals helps it adhere to...

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

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

(sporophylls) arranged in a cone-like strobilus at the end of upright stems. Each sporangium contains numerous small spores. The club-shaped appearance of these fertile...

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...

reproduction, sporangiospores are produced inside a spherical structure, the sporangium. Sporangia are supported by a large apophysate columella atop a long stalk...

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...

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

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