Sporodochium
Appearance
A sporodochium (pl. sporodochia[1])[2] is a small, compact stroma (mass of hyphae) usually formed on host plants parasitised by mitosporic fungi of the form order Tuberculariales (subdivision Deuteromycota, class Hyphomycetes). This stroma bears the conidiophores on which the asexual spores or conidia are formed.
References
- ^ Allaby, Michael (2015-09-05). The Dictionary of Science for Gardeners: 6000 Scientific Terms Explored and Explained. Timber Press. ISBN 9781604697155.
- ^ Dasgupta, M. K. (1988). Principles of Plant Pathology. Allied Publishers. ISBN 9788170231929.