sporangiole

noun

spo·​ran·​gi·​ole

-ˌōl

plural -s

: a small deciduous few-spored sporangium occurring along with larger sporangia that contain numerous spores in fungi of the family Mucoraceae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin sporangiolum

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