Endosporous vs. Spore — What's the Difference?

(botany) Having the spores contained in a case; applied to fungi.

In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa.

Having the spores contained in a case; - applied to fungi.

A small, usually single-celled reproductive body that is resistant to adverse environmental conditions and is capable of growing into a new organism, produced especially by certain fungi, algae, protozoans, and nonseedbearing plants such as mosses and ferns.

A megaspore or microspore.

A dormant nonreproductive body formed by certain bacteria often in response to a lack of nutrients, and characteristically being highly resistant to heat, desiccation, and destruction by chemicals or enzymes.

To produce spores.

A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.

A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

To produce spores.

One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.

An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.

A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.

A small usually single-celled reproductive body produced by many plants and some protozoans and that develops into a new individual;