Term:
Spore
Spore
Definition:
A reproductive cell produced by non-flowering plants (e.g., mosses, liverworts, ferns) and fungi).
A reproductive cell produced by non-flowering plants (e.g., mosses, liverworts, ferns) and fungi).
Glossary Details:
Title: Lycopodium lucidulum. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Description: Lycopodium lucidulum is a vascular plant that produces a single kind of spore and is, thus, called homosporous. A. Part of a plant with immature sporangia above and dehisced sporangia below. B. Immature sporangia. C. Mature sporangia with most of the spores already dispersed but a few still remaining in the bottoms of the sporangia.