Word familyadjectivesporangialsporidialsporocysticsporogenoussporophoricsporophyticsporularnounsporangiolesporangiophoresporangiosporesporangiumsporidesmsporidiumsporocarpsporocystsporogenesissporogoniumsporogonysporophoresporophyllsporophytesporotrichosissporozoansporozoitesporulationsporesporuleverbsporulate
spore• Say you see a spore in the moss; every day it could be different if you look closely.• The algal spores are airborne and blanketweed will colonise any suitablepool, irrespective of whether or not it is planted.• When first grown, the top of the fungus is coated in a blackstickyjellycontainingspores.• For example, the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystallinespores which act as naturalinsecticides.• You can gatherspores to start new ferns by folding a piece of white tissue over a frond.• Clouds of sporesdisperse when one touches these club-shaped structures.• If that spore contained the mutantgene, all the cells of the new plant will contain the mutant gene.• This moment of certainty lasts no longer than that; longer, perhaps, than the spore itself.
Originspore
(1800-1900)Modern Latinspora, from Greek, “act of planting seeds, seed”, from speirein“to plant seeds”