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thallospore

thallospore noun: an asexual spore produced directly in the thallus or in mycelium.

Noun

thallospore (plural thallospores)

  1. An asexual spore produced directly in the thallus or in mycelium.
    • In lichens, thallospores are primarily associated with the genus Umbilicaria.

Forms of thallospore

pluralthallospores

Questions about thallospore

What does thallospore mean?
Thallospore means an asexual spore produced directly in the thallus or in mycelium.
What part of speech is thallospore?
Thallospore is a noun.
What is the plural of thallospore?
The plural of thallospore is thallospores.

Words near thallospore in the dictionary

  1. Thalloo
  2. thallophyte
  3. thallophytes
  4. thallophytic
  5. thallose
  6. thallospore
  7. thallospores
  8. thallotoxicosis
  9. thallous
  10. thallus
  11. thalluses

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