Sporangium vs Tetraspore - What's the difference?
sporangium | tetraspore |
(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.
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As nouns the difference between sporangium and tetraspore
is that sporangium is a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism while tetraspore is any of the four, asexual spores produced by a sporangium.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.
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- Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.
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- 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.
