spore
Noun
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is a type of: agamete - an asexual reproductive cellsubtypes:
- basidiospore - a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
- endospore - a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae
- carpospore - a nonmotile spore of red algae
- chlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae
- conidiospore, conidium - an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
- oospore - a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
- resting spore - a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period
- tetraspore - one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium
- zoospore - an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
- fern seed - the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible
- pollen - the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
- microspore - smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- macrospore, megaspore - larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
- aeciospore - spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
- ascospore - sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
- zygospore - a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
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