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Carpospore vs Tetraspore - What's the difference?

carpospore | tetraspore |

As nouns the difference between carpospore and tetraspore

is that carpospore is a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae while tetraspore is any of the four, asexual spores produced by a sporangium.

carpospore

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.

    • Related terms

    * carposporic (Webster 1913)

    tetraspore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of the four, asexual spores produced by a sporangium