
sorus
Sign in to savethumb|The underside of a fertile frond of Dicksonia antarctica. Each circular brown structure is an individual sorus.
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- Etymology
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- Life cycle significance
- As an aid to identification
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thumb|The underside of a fertile frond of Dicksonia antarctica. Each circular brown structure is an individual sorus.
A sorus (: sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi. A coenosorus (: coenosori) is a compound sorus composed of multiple, fused sori.