sporocarp

American  

[spawr-uh-kahrp, spohr-] / ˈspɔr əˌkɑrp, ˈspoʊr- /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

1. (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.

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sporocarp British  

/ ˈspɒ-, ˈspɔːrəʊˌkɑːp /

noun

1. a specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori

2. the spore-producing structure in certain algae, lichens, and fungi

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Etymology

Origin of sporocarp

First recorded in 1840–50; sporo- + -carp

Example Sentences

A fruiting portion, magnified, showing the structure; a sporocarp, and an antheridium.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Sporogō′nium, the sporocarp, capsule or so-called 'moss-fruit' in mosses.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The small ones open across and discharge microspores; the larger burst irregularly, and bring to view globose spore-cases, attached to the bottom of the sporocarp by a slender stalk.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Base of a leaf and contained sporocarp filled with microspores cut across, magnified.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The two kinds of spores in the same or different sporangia which are borne in a coriaceous peduncled sporocarp arising from a slender creeping rhizome.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa