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spore
a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
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basidiospore
a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
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endospore
a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae
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carpospore
a nonmotile spore of red algae
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chlamydospore
thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae
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conidiospore, conidium
an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
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oospore
a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
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resting spore
a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period
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tetraspore
one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium
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zoospore
an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
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fern seed
the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible
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pollen
the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
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microspore
smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
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macrospore, megaspore
larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
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aeciospore
spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
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ascospore
sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
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zygospore
a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
