Sporangiole

Last updated November 29, 2025

In mycology, a sporangiole is a specialised spherical sporangium produced by some species of fungi, smaller than or secondary to the typical sporangium.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1895). Introduction to the Study of Fungi: Their Organography, Classification, and Distribution, for the Use of Collectors. Adam and Charles Black.
↑ Thomé, Otto Wilhelm (1877). Text-book of Structural and Physiological Botany. John Wiley & Sons. p. 273.
↑ Henderson, Isabella Ferguson; Henderson, William Dawson (1920). A Dictionary of Scientific Terms, Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition of Terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cyctology, Embroyology, Physiology. Van Nostrand. p. 300.

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[1] Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1895). Introduction to the Study of Fungi: Their Organography, Classification, and Distribution, for the Use of Collectors. Adam and Charles Black.

[2] Thomé, Otto Wilhelm (1877). Text-book of Structural and Physiological Botany. John Wiley & Sons. p. 273.

[3] Henderson, Isabella Ferguson; Henderson, William Dawson (1920). A Dictionary of Scientific Terms, Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition of Terms in Biology, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Cyctology, Embroyology, Physiology. Van Nostrand. p. 300.

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