Spongospora

noun

Spon·​gos·​po·​ra

späŋˈgäspərə

: a genus of organisms (family Plasmodiophoraceae) resembling the slime molds and characterized by spongelike spore balls each cell of which germinates see powdery scab compare plasmodiophora

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from spongo- + -spora

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