Sporocarp vs Sporangium - What's the difference?
sporocarp | sporangium |
(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.
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As nouns the difference between sporocarp and sporangium
is that sporocarp is the structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs while sporangium is a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.sporangium
English
(wikipedia sporangium)Noun
(sporangia)page 81,
- Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia' to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen ' sporangia form.
page 161,
- Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.
page 416,
- The sporangia , however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris , and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli.
