sporocarp

Meaning

Noun

The structure on a fungus and some algae which houses the spore-producing organs.

Related

Similar words

fruiting body

Narrower meaning words

basidiocarp, basidiome (in basidiomycetes); ascocarp (in ascomycetes)

Origin

From sporo- + -carp.

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