merosporangium

noun

mer·​o·​spo·​ran·​gi·​um

: one of the cylindrical outgrowths developing from the swollen sporangium tip in various fungi of the order Mucorales and having contents that divide to form a series of sporangiospores like a chain and simulate conidia upon breakdown of the sporangium wall

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from mer- + sporangium

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