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sporodochium

sporodochium noun: a small, compact stroma (mass of hyphae) usually formed on host plants parasitized by mitosporic fungi of the form order Tuberculariales (Deuteromycota, Hyphomycetes). It bears the conidiophores on which the asexual spores or conidia are formed.

Noun

sporodochium (plural sporodochia)

  1. A small, compact stroma (mass of hyphae) usually formed on host plants parasitized by mitosporic fungi of the form order Tuberculariales (Deuteromycota, Hyphomycetes). It bears the conidiophores on which the asexual spores or conidia are formed

Forms of sporodochium

pluralsporodochia

Questions about sporodochium

What does sporodochium mean?
Sporodochium means a small, compact stroma (mass of hyphae) usually formed on host plants parasitized by mitosporic fungi of the form order Tuberculariales (Deuteromycota, Hyphomycetes). It bears the conidiophores on which the asexual spores or conidia are formed.
What part of speech is sporodochium?
Sporodochium is a noun.
What is the plural of sporodochium?
The plural of sporodochium is sporodochia.

Words near sporodochium in the dictionary

  1. sporodermal
  2. sporodermis
  3. sporoderms
  4. sporodochia
  5. sporodochial
  6. sporodochium
  7. sporoduct
  8. sporoducts
  9. sporogen
  10. sporogeneses
  11. sporogenesis

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