Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abstrict | (Obs.) to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
| acervulus | (Lat.) the spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| aecidiospore | a spore produced in an aecidium. |
| aecidospore | a spore produced in an aecidium. |
| aeciospore | a spore produced in an aecidium. |
| aplanospore | a nonmotile spore. |
| apogamous | engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
| apogamously | (Adv.) APOGAMOUS, engaging in apogamy. |
| apogamy | omission of the sexual process in the life history, whereby the sporophyte develops either from an unfertilized egg cell or some other cell. |
| aposporic | relating to apospory, the development of prothalli. |
| aposporous | showing apospory, the development of prothalli from direct outgrowths from the fern frond. |
| apospory | the development of prothalli from direct outgrowths from the fern frond, without the production of spores. |
| apothece | the spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| apothecial | relating to an apothecium, an open cup- or disc-shaped fruiting body borne by many lichens. |
| apothecium | the spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| archespore | the cell or group of cells in a sporangium that gives rise to spores. |
| arthrospore | another name for an oidium. |
| arthrosporic | of or like an arthrospore. |
| arthrosporous | of or like an arthrospore. |
| ascocarp | a spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| ascocarpic | relating to an ascocarp, a spore-producing organ of certain fungi. |
| ascospore | one of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. |
| ascosporic | of or like an ascospore, one of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. |
| autospore | a nonmotile algal spore. |
| azygospore | a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| ballistospore | a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| basidial | relating to a basidium, a club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by a basidiomycete. |
| basidiospore | a spore produced by a basidium. |
| basidiosporous | of or like a basidiospore, a spore produced by a basidium. |
| basidium | (Lat.) a club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by a basidiomycete. |
| caeoma | the spore-producing part of a fungus. |
| carpospore | a kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae. |
| catenulate | of certain spores, formed in a row or chain. |
| chlamydospore | a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| conidiospore | a conidium. |
| conidium | (Lat.) a peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores. |
| cryptogamy | the state of being a cryptogam, reproducing by spores and not seeds. |
| encystment | the act of encysting. |
| endospore | the thin inner coat of certain spores. |
| endosporous | of or like an endospore. |
| epispore | the outer layer of a spore wall. |
| eusporangiate | of a group of ferns, having each sporangium derived from a group of cells. |
| exosporal | of or like an exospore, the extreme outer layer of a spore. |
| exospore | the outer layer of a spore wall. |
| exosporous | of or like an exospore, the extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore. |
| gleba | (Lat.) a spore-bearing mass of some fungi. |
| gonimoblast | in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
| heterosporous | producing two different sizes or kinds of spores. |
| heterospory | the production of microspores and megaspores, as in seed plants. |
| homosporous | producing only one size or kind of spore. Contrast with heterosporous. |
| homospory | having spores all of one kind. |
| hymenial | relating to the hymenium, the spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom. |
| hymenium | the spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom. |
| intine | the inner membrane of a pollen grain or spore. |
| isosporous | having spores of one kind only, as opposed to heterosporous. |
| isospory | the condition of being isosporous, having spores of one kind only. |
| macrosporangium | a sporangium producing only megaspores. |
| macrospore | a spore giving rise to a female gametophyte. |
| mazaedium | the fruiting body of lichens, having spores in a powdery mass inside. |
| megagametophyte | the gametophyte developing vegetatively from the megaspore of a heterosporous plant. |
| megasporangium | the sporangium in heterosporous plants where the megaspores develop. |
| megaspore | the larger of the two types of spore produced by some ferns, which develops into the female gametophyte. |
| megasporic | of or like a megaspore. |
| megasporophyll | a specialised leaf bearing or subtending one or more megasporangia. |
| meiospore | a haploid spore. |
| microsporangium | the sporangium in heterosporous plants where the cicrospores develop. |
| microspore | a spore giving rise to a male gametophyte. |
| microsporic | like a microspore. |
| microsporocyte | a microspore mother cell. |
| microsporous | of or like a microspore. |
| oidioid | of or like an oidium, a thin-walled fungal spore. |
| oidium | (Lat.) a thin-walled fungal spore. |
| oophyte | in ferns and mosses, the gametophyte or prothallus. |
| oospore | a special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids. |
| oosporic | of or pertaining to an oospore, a special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids. |
| oosporous | of or pertaining to an oospore, a special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids. |
| palynologic | relating to palynology, the scientific study of spores and pollen. |
| palynology | the scientific study of spores and pollen. |
| paraphysate | relating to paraphysis, a sterile filament or hair borne among the sporangia. |
| paraphysis | a sterile filament or hair borne among the sporangia. |
| parthenospore | a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| peristomal | relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth. |
| perithecium | a small fruiting body containing ascospores. |
| pollen | the microspore of seed plants; (verb) to cover or fertilise with pollen. |
| pollinium | a coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids. |
| promycelial | like a promycelium, a short germ-tube put out by some fungal spores. |
| promycelium | a short germ-tube put out by some fungal spores. |
| prothallial | of or like the prothallium, the growth following a germinating spore, for the purpose of sexual reproduction, producing the antheridia and archegonia. |
| prothallic | relating to a prothallus, the growth following a germinating spore, for the purpose of sexual reproduction. |
| prothallium | the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam. |
| prothalloid | relating to the prothallus, the gametophyte or sexual generation in ferns and related plants. |
| prothallus | the free-living gametophyte of a fern or other vascular cryptogam. |
| protonema | a branched filament produced by germination of a moss spore, giving rise to moss plants from buds. |
| protonemal | of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss. |
| protonematal | of or like a protonema, the primary growth from the spore of a moss. |
| pycnidial | relating to a pycnidium, a roundish fructification formed by many species of fungi. |
| pycnidiospore | a conidium produced in a pycnidium. |
| pycnidium | a roundish fructification formed by many species of fungi, containing fertile hyphae and asexual spores. |
| pycnoconidium | an asexual fungal spore produced in a pycnidium. |
| pycnospore | a conidium produced in a pycnidium. |
| scutellum | (Lat.) a rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. |
| soral | pertaining to a sorus, a cluster of sporangia. |
| sorus | (Lat.) a cluster of sporangia. |
| spaceborne | carried in space eg of spores. |
| sporal | of or like a spore. |
| sporangial | of or like a sporangium, a chamber inside of which spores are produced through meiosis. |
| sporangiophore | a stalk to which sporangia are attached. |
| sporangium | a chamber inside of which spores are produced through meiosis. |
| spore | a single cell that is dispersed as a reproductive unit, or which encapsulates a cell during unfavorable environmental conditions; (verb) to produce spores. |
| sporelike | resembling a spore. |
| sporicidal | killing spores. |
| sporicide | a substance that kills spores. |
| sporidesm | a multicellular body or group of spores of which every cell is capable of generating. |
| sporidial | of or like a sporidium, a secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. |
| sporidium | a secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. |
| sporocarp | a closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. |
| sporocyst | a rounded, thick-walled structure produced, as by protozoans, in the process of sporulation. |
| sporocystic | of or like a sporocyst. |
| sporogenesis | reproduction by means of spores. |
| sporogenic | producing spores. |
| sporogenous | of tissue or cells in which the spores are formed. |
| sporogeny | the production of spores. |
| sporogonial | of or like a sporogonium, an organ that produces asexual spores in mosses. |
| sporogonic | relating to a sporogonium, an organ that produces asexual spores in mosses. |
| sporogonium | an organ that produces asexual spores in mosses. |
| sporoid | of or like a spore. |
| sporophore | a spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi. |
| sporophoric | bearing spores. |
| sporophorous | bearing spores. |
| sporophyte | a spore-producing phase in plants that reproduce by metagenesis (alternating asexual and sexual reproduction). |
| sporophytic | of or like a sporophyte. |
| sporopollenin | a polymer that comprises the exine (outer layer of the wall) of spores and pollen grains. |
| sporozoite | a minute, mobile, pre-adult spore developed by sporozoans. |
| sporular | of or like a sporule, a small spore. |
| sporulate | to form (into) spores. |
| sporulation | the formation or production of spores. |
| sporulative | relating to sporulation. |
| sporule | a small spore. |
| stichidium | a branch producing tetraspores, in red seaweeds. |
| stomium | part of the sporangium of ferns that ruptures to release the spores. |
| synangium | a cluster of sporangia which have become fused in development. |
| teleutospore | a thick-walled winter spore of the rust fungi, producing a promycelium on germination. |
| teleutosporic | of or like a teleutospore, a thick-walled winter spore of the rust fungi. |
| telial | relating to a telium, a cluster of spore cases of the rust fungus. |
| teliospore | the thick-walled resting spore of rusts and smuts from which the basidium arises. |
| telium | a cluster of spore cases of the rust fungus. |
| tetrasporangium | the sporangium in which tetraspores are formed. |
| tetraspore | a nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. |
| tetrasporic | relating to tetraspores. |
| tetrasporous | of or like a tetraspore. |
| uredial | relating to an uredium, a pustule producing and containing uredospores. |
| urediniospore | the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. |
| uredinous | containing uredines, rust spores. |
| urediospore | the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. |
| uredosorus | a pustule producing and containing uredospores. |
| uredospore | the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. |
| xyloma | a spore-producing body in fungi. |
| zoochorous | of seeds or spores spread by animals. |
| zoospore | a motile flagellated spore, occurring in certain algae, fungi, and protozoans. |
| zoosporic | of or pertaining to zoospores. |
| zoosporous | of or like a zoospore, a swarm-spore. |
| zygosperm | a spore formed by union of two similar cells. |
| zygospore | a spore formed by union of two similar cells. |
| zygosporic | of or like a zygospore, a spore formed by union of two similar cells. |