sporocarp

English

Etymology

From sporo- +‎ -carp.

Noun

sporocarp (plural sporocarps)

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

Synonyms

fruiting body

Hyponyms

(fungus structure): basidiocarp, basidiome (in basidiomycetes); ascocarp (in ascomycetes)
- mushroom (epigeous sporocarp); truffle; false truffle (hypogeous sporocarp)

Translations

fungal structure

Czech: plodnice (cs), sporokarp
Finnish: itiöemä (fi)
Polish: sporokarp m

See also

sporophore

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sporocarpe.

Noun

sporocarp n (uncountable)

sporocarp

Declension

Declension of **sporocarp**
singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sporocarp	sporocarpul
genitive-dative	sporocarp	sporocarpului
vocative	sporocarpule

References

sporocarp in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN