‖ sporidium Bot.
(spɒˈrɪdɪəm)
[mod.L., dim. (after Gr. types) of σπορά spore.]
a. A case or cell containing sporules. b. A sporule.
| 1821 W. J. Hooker Flora Scotica ii. 16 Its sporules are included in a sort of capsule..which he [sc. Ditmar] calls sporidium. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 334 Sporules lying either loose among the tissue, or enclosed in membranous cases called sporidia. 1867 J. Hogg Microsc. ii. i. 272 A gelatinous or membranous pericarp or conceptacle, in which an indefinite number of sporidia are contained. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 444 A filiform sporidium removed from an ascus. |
| Comb. 1875 Cooke Fungi 64 The second section is termed Sporidiifera, or sporidia-bearing. |