Definition of Sporidia

1. Noun. (plural of sporidium) ¹

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Definition of Sporidia

1. sporidium [n] - See also: sporidium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporidia

spore prints
spore sac
sporebearing
spored
sporelike
sporeprint
sporeprints
spores
sporgeries
sporgery
sporicidal
sporicide
sporicides
sporid
sporidesmins
sporidia (current term)
sporidiferous
sporidium
sporids
sporiferous
sporification
sporifications
sporing
sporinite
sporinites
sporinitic
spork
sporked
sporking
sporks

Literary usage of Sporidia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1825)
"ing tenuity, from which the bristly short filaments arise among which the sporidia are dispersed. On exposing the plant to moisture, ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1866)
"Valsa thele- bola: ascus and sporidia, x 300. 9. ... S. Ribis: sporidia, x 300. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF POLYGALA FROM SOUTHERN CHINA. BY II. ..."

3. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1828)
"... the tubes burst irregularly at the summit, and discharge the sporidia, which are minute, globose, brown, and totally unmixed with filaments. ..."

4. The London Journal of Botany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of by William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"sporidia in different positions, highly magnified. TAB. vi. vu.—Fig. 1. ... Flocci and sporidia, magnified, f. 4, 5. Ditto, highly magnified. ..."

5. Pamphlets on Forest Protection (1915)
"After twenty-four hours exposure to carbon dioxide, sporidia would not germinate ... THE GERMINATION OP sporidia.—Germination tests similar to those with ..."

6. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"The thermal death point of dried sporidia is, therefore, probably about 54° or ... In most cases the sporidia were taken directly from the pure cultures on ..."

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