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nouna spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophytetype of:
Definition that contains sporophore
- partial veil membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
- shelf fungus a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures
- family auriculariaceae fungi having gelatinous sporophores
- genus fomes genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
- fomes genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
- rhizopogon a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
- thelephoraceae fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
- family rhizopogonaceae a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
- genus rhizopogon a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
- auriculariaceae fungi having gelatinous sporophores