scolecospore

noun

sco·​le·​co·​spore

skōˈlēkəˌspō(ə)r

: a slender threadlike spore

specifically : such a spore distinguished from one of another type but both produced by the same fungus (as in the genus Phomopsis)

Word History

Etymology

scolec- + spore

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