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sporangium
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A sporangium (from Late Latin, ; : sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungi, and many other groups form sporangia at some point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in land plants and many fungi, sporangia produce genetically distinct haploid spores by meiosis.
Research
2,006 papers- Documenting the Sporangium Development of the Polypodiales Fern Pteris multifida.Frontiers in plant science · 2022
- Involvement of a putative acyltransferase gene in sporangium formation in Actinoplanes missouriensis.Microbiology spectrum · 2024
- Rhinosporidiosis.Current topics in medical mycology · 1989
- The ssgB gene is required for the early stages of sporangium formation in Actinoplanes missouriensis.Journal of bacteriology · 2024
- Involvement of BldC in the Formation of Physiologically Mature Sporangium in Actinoplanes missouriensis.Journal of bacteriology · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Fungi
- Land plants
- Eusporangia and leptosporangia
- Synangium
- Internal structures
- See also
- References
A sporangium (from Late Latin, ; : sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungi, and many other groups form sporangia at some point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in land plants and many fungi, sporangia produce genetically distinct haploid spores by meiosis.
==Fungi== alt=refer to caption|thumb|200px|Photomicrograph of a mature sporangium of an [[Absidia mold]]
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